Lineker stood down…

[Doug Tait]

So Lineker has been reinstated, all back to normal and the BBC will look at how impartiality should impact the different types of presenter or freelancer.

Issue swiftly kicked into the long grass.

 

Seems the unofficial Sports Commentator Union has more sway than the government.

[Mick Dempsey]

I saw something on twitter that said the BBC couldn’t have handled it worse if they’d stood there and punched themselves in the face repeatedly. 

Edited March 13, 2023 by Mick Dempsey

[Mark Bolam]

Now that would be worth watching!

[coppice cutter]

10 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

So Lineker has been reinstated, all back to normal and the BBC will look at how impartiality should impact the different types of presenter or freelancer.

Issue swiftly kicked into the long grass.

 

Seems the unofficial Sports Commentator Union has more sway than the government.

It was pretty obvious all along that the BBC's heart was never really behind what they were doing.

 

Most likely, because they all agreed with what Lineker said in the first instance and were only taking action because they thought they needed to rather than wanted to.

 

Just goes to show that trying to act like something you're not, in this case the BBC trying to act impartial when they are nothing of the kind, never works out well.

 

But never mind, seems their true colours are shining through in the end!

[Doug Tait]

3 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Now that would be worth watching!

 

Depending who does the commentary

[sime42]

1 hour ago, coppice cutter said:

It was pretty obvious all along that the BBC's heart was never really behind what they were doing.

 

Most likely, because they all agreed with what Lineker said in the first instance and were only taking action because they thought they needed to rather than wanted to.

 

Just goes to show that trying to act like something you're not, in this case the BBC trying to act impartial when they are nothing of the kind, never works out well.

 

But never mind, seems their true colours are shining through in the end!

Presumably that's why Nadine Dories and  Boris Johnson are so keen to get rid of the BBC altogether. 😜 They seem to hate them with a passion. And C4.

[coppice cutter]

1 hour ago, sime42 said:

Presumably that's why Nadine Dories and  Boris Johnson are so keen to get rid of the BBC altogether. 😜 They seem to hate them with a passion. And C4.

I think that was just typical political grandstanding for their own benefit at the time.

 

They were both in positions of power and done eff all with it regarding the state broadcaster.

 

That having been said, I wouldn't have cared one jot if they had.

 

Time was I'd have defended the BBC tooth and nail, but sadly no longer.

[Mark Bolam]

[Logdaft]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovacofuB63A&feature=youtu.be

[coppice cutter]

28 minutes ago, Logdaft said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovacofuB63A&feature=youtu.be

Just wondering why the government is having to spend so much money accommodating the migrants whenever people like this, nevermind the number of BBC employees on extremely generous taxpayer funded salaries, are so supportive of their continued arrival.

 

Surely they could put them up in their own homes, or at least pay for it themselves. A sort of "adopt a migrant scheme" similar to Giant Pandas or Tigers, etc.

 

If they done something like that, it might remove the notion that people like her, plus the good Mr Lineker and his ilk, are actually just virtual signalling nimby whingebags rather than good samaritans with a genuine concern for those less fortunate than themselves.