Mihir Bose and the £150 truffle linguine

Commentators writing about Mihir Bose's shock resignation have missed the story spectacularly.

Bose resigned as BBC sports editor knowing there was about to be a storm over his expenses.

Investigative journalist Andrew Jennings has submitted a freedom of info request for Bose's BBC expenses. And even Jennings was surprised by the results.

The most eye watering item was the £150 paid for a starter at a restaurant in Zurich two years ago.

The meal in question was a truffle linguine. Bose was unaware that the price depended on the amount of truffle the diner asked to be grated onto the pasta...and he told the waiter to just keep on grating.

Jennings is about to publish the highly embarrassing results in Private Eye.

The papers are poised. Lucky for the BBC that the "lethargic Bose" (as Jennings describes him) has departed TV Centre.