Feeoree
Saturday 11th March 2023 4:46pm
Basildon
897 posts
I dunno if politicians like Johnson necessarily leant on them, I wouldn't be surprised if it's Gibb or Sharp that intervened, deeming the exec/producer's (whoever) chat with Lineker not enough.
I mean, I half agree with Teddy there, it's taken attention from Sunak's deal, haha. But the tories (and like Labour before them with Dyke and that other bloke - can't remember his name, he was some ex-Goldman Sachs guy) have their men in there. No word from politicians necessary.
Beeb do tend to be beholden to whoever's in government, in fear of losing the licence fee I presume. If you've seen the controversy with Fiona Bruce this week (brushing off Stanley Johnson's beating of his wife as a 'one off'), and her previous on QT, she's quick to intervene when there's criticism of the government, and cuts off Labour/other opposition MPs.
On the more amusing side, Comedians are banned from Laura Kuennsberg's show (thanks to Joe Lycett, heh) despite the show meaning to have people from all sorts of public view on there - now it's just MPs/MSPs going on there.
Anyway in the end it's all gone a bit Streisand effect.