[RDJ]

This tweet seems to be doing the rounds:

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...and it's not hard to see why.

Davie did struggle to defend the fact that it does seem to be quite selective who the guidelines apply to and on what they have said. Nomia Iqbal did a very good job at holding him to account.

I have noticed pretty much all the people across forums and social media who think tonight's MOTD was wonderful are the same ones who support Lineker's suspension and support the government... Just seen someone try to deny their enjoyment of MOTD was based on Lineker's suspension immediately followed by a big rant about Lineker's salary and bias.

I'm very sure that if the BBC just aired that without any of the hype in the news around, there would be a very loud ruckus as to what in the hell that was and where MOTD is.

I think it's becoming all too clear that with two Tories (some with recent close links to the party) taking up the roles as Chairman and DG, the view of impartiality at the BBC is currently warped. You can't just let a furore die down and then suddenly suspend them without it looking like external influences have had their say.

Unless the public and BBC talent revolt continues to escalate then the current government will not be in a hurry to replace them.

In any case away from all of this, it's very sad to see the BBC in the state it's in right now.