Lord Sugar and Gary Lineker have expressed approval of the revised guidelines
Other freelance presenters can wade into political controversies without breaching the BBC’s impartiality requirements.
“These look like a pretty reasonable attempt at trying to balance the interests of presenters with strong views; and the interest of the BBC in trying to avoid getting dragged into controversial arguments,” the presenter said. Hardie told BBC News that some staffers he spoke to believed that presenters who “enjoyed a high-profile on the BBC, well-paid through the licence fee” should not express views on political matters at all.
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