The First Minister candidate says the BBC were swayed by pressure from a 'right-wing Government.'
Would-be Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf has accused the BBC of caving in to pressure from a “right-wing Government ” after Gary Lineker was taken off the air for comments made on Twitter.
Fellow presenters and pundits then boycotted the show as well as other sports programmes on the BBC, with the corporation saying it would now air only “limited sport programming” over the weekend. Speaking at a hustings event in Glasgow held as part of the contest to become the next SNP leader and Scottish first minister, Mr Yousaf said the corporation had made a “mess” of the situation.
“It seems to be, for the BBC you can have free speech when you are talking up the Conservatives, but you can’t have free speech when you are doing them down and talking about their abhorrent, their immoral practices.”“But my goodness, caving in to pressure from a right-wing Government – the BBC need to take a long hard look at themselves.”
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