Prediction

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Within the next seven days, the LonCon chairs will officially announce that Jonathan Ross has "graciously" asked to step down as presenter. They'll replace him with someone innocuous (but still white and male). Ross and a lot of the Usual Suspects will gripe about the "censorship" that the "social justice types" perpetuate and Ross will have a field day in his usual venues making fun of fandom. The chairs will get to brag that they listened to the fans and made the right choice, all while getting lots of short-term attention for the con.

As Will Graham would say, this is their design.

Context here and here.