Re: Childish...
There was an article in the Sunday Telegraph on 30th January
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/01/30/former-bbc-chairman-joins-bid-oust-board-web-registry/
Presumably in the print edition on 31st January.
Nominet claim that this would disrupt their efforts to secure the NHS.
Not sure how that works. The only involvement they have with the NHS is the registration for the nhs.uk domain name. Subdomains for individual hospitals and so on, such as ouh.nhs.uk, should they want to visit their local hospital, are handled by NHS Digital.