[Brekkie]

If this was a panorama investigation being frustrated, or BBC News line of enquiry blocked by government interference then I’d agree with you. But it’s not BBC reporting, it’s the personal social media of a prominent BBC face. The details of what they said aren’t really the issue: it’s the fact they criticised the government when they are supposed to stay impartial (as, in effect, an extension of the BBC’s own impartiality). This ensures that the BBC’s news division can stay genuinely impartial and not be accused of having an axe to grind when a really contentious issue does come up in the future. It’s about reputational image for the organisation itself.

As you say it's his personal social media - he is not saying this on Match of the Day.

And he does not work for the BBC News division.