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BBC stars on flagship programmes will be free to express opinions about the issues that matter to them, including on issues that may be the subject of public political debate .
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appropriately in the process, and it has caused untold damage to the reputation and independence of the bbc. the heppinstall report also focuses on the selection process, and quite how much politicians were involved. here is the former controller of bbc editorial policy. we know now that when the panel interviewed all of the candidates, i they were told that boris johnson, number ten, favoured only one i of those candidates, - and that was richard sharp. that s the way this so called i independent process of public appointments actually functions, and it s rotten to the core. - richard ayre believes politicians, whatever the party, should not be involved in appointing the bbc chairman. gary lineker agrees, and unsurprisingly tweeted, the bbc chairman should not be selected by the government of the day, not now, not ever. the bbc survives through public trust. any threat to that is damaging.