Language

 So, the BBC bows to public pressure and Lineker is back.

1. Anyone who does things for the BBC can have opinions, unless they're engaged in news or current affairs reporting. 
2. I find even this rather incredible, as no other news media organisation has such 'guidance'.
3. Even then, the guidance is not applied consistently, as Andrew Neil has proven.
4. Revising the guidance will be a minefield, as it's effectively imposing Thought Police on broadcasters. 
5. Rooting out truth is far more important than impartiality and giving the breath of credence to lies.
6. Lineker's comments were entirely valid - the language used by the government is not dissimilar. 
7. You might have a case to say the late 20s and early 30s.
8. Those saying it's bad to equate the Illegal Immigration Bill to the Holocaust must realise that the Holocaust started with language and the mass death of Jews came after the language. Hitler did not say from day 1 that he was going to gas the Jews.
9. Joan Slater, a Holocaust survivor, said so herself to Braverman, who would not apologise.
10. I find it hard to give any credence to anyone who insists the language was not similar - they probably don't even have enough German to make a valid comparison.
11. What scared the BBC was the government.
12. What scared the government was Lineker's 8m Twitter follower reach. It scared the pants off them.
13. The only people who would be offended by Lineker's comment are those who actually use the language of 1930s Germany (and 1930s Britain).
14. Remember the Tory MP, Brendan Clarke-Smith, who said that taking the knee was like making a Nazi salute? He's now frantically back-peddling after being exposed while criticising Lineker.
15. What on earth is Robbie Gibb doing on the Board of the BBC? He's the least impartial person I could imagine and the voice of the government in the BBC.
16. Why has the Chairman, who donated £400k to the Tories and was party to arranging a £800k loan to the Greased Piglet, not been suspended pending an investigation? He's certainly not impartial.
17. Yes, Labour has appointed Chairmen in the past who were affiliated to Labour, but not as blatantly as the current Chairman is to the Tories. 
18. Appointments should be made through a totally independent panel and taken out of the hands of politicians.
19. Is getting Lineker back a diversionary tactic to protect the Chairman?
20. This furore has succeeded in knocking The Greased Piglet off the front pages for a week, so that's a benefit.

Talking about the boats; if the government was serious about stopping them AND being concerned about genuine refugees, they could charter a ferry, set up a processing centre in Calais and send every refugee who is successful over on the ferry. No approval means no ferry passage. Anyone still arriving by small boats gets deported to Rwanda. Problem solved. But that doesn't facilitate the government with the red meat they need to keep those who like the use of 1930s German language on side; for that they need to keep the small boats coming. However, they run the attendant risk of being seen to fail once again.

On another matter; it's estimated that giving junior doctors a pay rise will cost £2bn, which the government claims it cannot afford. However, if the government dropped its voter ID plans, which are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist and an attempt to dissuade Labour voters from vote, they could save some money. Similarly, giving the French oodles of money to do something which isn't in their interest and they're likely to do only half heartedly.

The sooner this bunch of shysters is gone, the better.