The former cabinet secretary, who said he would take to the airwaves as soon as the polls closed on Thursday night to remind politicians of the guidelines laid down in the cabinet manual, told the Today programme that the key qualification to enter No 10 was the ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons.
Stephen Hester, the chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, whose bonus we have just decided not to pay this year, has been defending himself on the airwaves, and I rather took to him.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.15pm AESo07:15 So that Lewi McKirdy-invaded party looks a hell of a lot more fun on Instagram than it sounded on the airwaves.
The broadcasters aren't entirely to blame for this lack of visibility on the airwaves.
Yet despite the fact that Cameron's initial sulk meant that Clegg had the airwaves almost to himself for the first couple of days after Davis announced his decision to resign his seat (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7455298.stm), that advantage was not pressed home.
Indeed, the only mention of the words Northern Ireland on the republic's airwaves this week have been in reports on its international football team, who are in town for the Celtic Nations cup at the Aviva/Landsdowne Road stadium.
They believe they have a fundamental right to enjoy the fruits of oligopoly: control of airwaves that are actually (or at least supposedly) owned by the public.
But O'Donnell made clear that he too would take to the airwaves to remind the prime minister he signed up to the cabinet manual.
Ofcom already has strict rules forbidding the broadcast of harmful extremist material and hate speech over the airwaves.
Last week's Downing Street statement also confirmed there will be legislation to introduce new banning orders for extremist organisations, and extremism-disruption orders to "combat groups and individuals who reject our values and promote messages of hate", which will deny their access to the airwaves and to social media.
Last October, the Rwandan parliament called for the BBC to be banned from the country's airwaves in response to the documentary.
