[matthieu1221]

Regarding Richard Osman's stance, I see no reason why him tweeting in support of Lineker is any different to what Lineker said himself - they both freelance for the BBC (or at least I assume Osman is), but Tim Davie hasn't pulled him aside, and there's been no anti-Osman headlines.

This is what I don't get - this obsession with Lineker in particular is purely arbitrary, from what I can make out.

He's a thorn in the back of the current government working for what they think should be state media rather than a public broadcaster.

Also there is a difference between tweeting in support of Lineker and him repeating what Lineker said about the asylum plans.

What a mess this is turning into. It's now open war, will anyone be left to present it at this rate?

The BBC are the ones at fault here. They've muddled on for too long, you either explicitly state what presenters are allowed to publicly say or you don't.

And they should apply the rules to either *everybody* or *nobody*.