It wasn’t the BBC, it was ITV. Free speech: if he truly believed it then he can say it. What should happen is he should be challenged over it, told to produce evidence and, if he can’t, made to retract the statement. Free speech does not mean free of consequences.
He still works for the BBC.
Fair point.
That premise was not applied to Gary Lineker- but yes prove with fact based evidence
Of course it wasn’t, he said truthfully things that challenged the RW media bias.
He works for/appears on the BBC. Just like Gary Lineker. The difference is that Gary said things which ran counter to the narrative the BBC pushes
Yes, I wasn’t aware Rylan also worked for BBC. Only seen him on ITV. Your point is correct about narratives.
He's as much as a BBC employee as Lineker was