the joys of this affair is there has never been an easy solution but asking gary to step back offair was, i think, a significant thing and now we look forward to this agreement, moving forward, to resolve things and get back to business as usual. re examining guidance and guidelines, sounds like kicking the can down the road. has gary lineker agreed to stop tweeting about politics, which is what you asked on friday? what we have agreed, and i have spent time talking to gary, we ve had lots of discussion, is that between now and when the review reports, gary will abide by the editorial guidelines. that is where we are. you said this was your foundational issue, impartiality. this was a line in the sand, itjust seems to have been a bit of disruption to match of the day, which you just abandoned. if that was just a bit of disruption to match of the day, you probably were not having the same weekend i was having. i think it was a very big moment in terms of our saying we had to take stock
described government asylum policy as immeasurably cruel and the language not dissimilar to that used by germany in the 30s . however, he s made no apology, nor is there a sanction, merely an agreement to abide by guidelines while the bbc re examines those guidelines. this looks like a complete climb down of the bbc. i don t think so. i think i ve always said we need to take proportionate action. for some people, by the way, we ve taken too severe action. others think we ve been too lenient. re examining guidance and guidelines sounds like kicking the can down the road. has gary lineker agreed to stop tweeting about politics, which is what you asked on friday? we ve agreed, and i ve spent time talking to gary and we ve had lots of discussion. between now and when the review reports, gary will abide by the editorial guidelines. that s where we are. how are you so out of touch with your own corporation, your own organisation, your own staff, your own programmes, that you didn t
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by germany in the 30s . however, he s made no apology, nor is there a sanction, merely an agreement to abide by guidelines while the bbc re examines those guidelines. this looks like a complete climb down of the bbc. i don t think so. i think i ve always said we need to take proportionate action. for some people, by the way, we ve taken too severe action. others think we ve been too lenient. re examining guidance and guidelines sounds like kicking the can down the road. has gary lineker agreed to stop tweeting about politics, which is what you asked on friday? we ve agreed, and i ve spent time talking to gary and we ve had lots of discussion. between now and when the review reports, gary will abide by the editorial guidelines. that s where we are. how are you so out of touch with your own corporation,