[JMT1985]

It is interesting this issue about the BBC, because I don't see people getting into uproar about MPs or peers commentating on political issues, and like the BBC, they are paid from the public purse.

Of course I can hear people screaming "they are elected" - yes, alright, but it seems to me this issue can be resolved very simply - work for BBC News or BBC Current Affairs, you are under restrictions of what you can say about political issues, everyone else, can say what they wish, within reasonable context.

That is how I would sort it out, because otherwise you will have this come up time and time again not just for Gary, but for other BBC presenters.