HMRC are challenging his "freelance" status with his engagement with the BBC, it is a potential £4.5 million case, I like the guy but Lorraine Kelly has successfully used the same "freelance" status, however her point is that she is just Lorraine and actually a character that plays a ditzy Scotts character and not her actual self so can be freelance.

The BBC need to ditch their freelance stars and take on people that will work in the employment system of the BBC, what it proved at the weekend is that sport without pundits can carry on, commentary is necessary but ladsy pundits are not required (at our TV license fee cost) and if the BBC don't take that on board they are finished, which would be a shame. I would like a new breed of presenters in a more up to date style that just give us an introduction to a programme and leave it there, like most people I can work out what is going on and don't need pundits and if necessary take to the internet or newspapers for background , the programmes would be shorter and more enjoyable to me as I currently record MOTD and skip through the punditry,

I am fine, my OH has paid the license fee for years as I refuse to give them my money (directly), it suits me !

The majority of the top presenters etc are often not solely employed by the main broadcasters. Graham Norton for example presents shows on the BBC but also has a Virgin Radio show and even his own show (the Graham Norton Show) is made by a production company owned by ITV.

Elicit.....https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/elicit. You might like to pass on the tip? 

On Newsnight just now, not one of the 13 BBC board members wanted to came on to speak on Newsnight. The board as a whole appear to have taken the decision on Lineker and it could well be that Davie was given the unpopular choice to get Lineker to step back. In other words Davie was the scapegoat and today he has made up a cock and bull story to try and tell us all that it was being resolved and Lineker will be back. Alan Yentob was very uinformed and got his facts consistently wrong about Linekers "suspension" and ended up being totally wrong. Davie said there are grey areas which he will clean up. The BBC is in a spot of bother and the smell coming from there is quite foul. All this to cover the huge problems that the Tory party are trying so hard to cover up, it won't work though. Bottom line is that Lineker did not apologise, nor has he been told what the so called impartiality rule is. Says enough that Davie has been told what to do and the 13 board members have left him out to dry.Now there is going to be another call for the Chairman Richard Sharp to step down. I bet the BBC now wish they had just let Linekers tweet alone !

I think the problem is that the impartiality policy doesn't really exist in any clear way for freelance presenters. If you listen to his interview from 2021 the policy only applies to political commentators and presenters. In fact the BBCs own guidelines say that. He has not been particularly quiet on twitter. His post that I quoted above suggests that he still intends to share his views on refugees and today he has shared several posts, particularly a link to Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart's political podcast, which is very anti the current government. Of course GL actually owns the company that broadcasts the podcasts so he can hardly be neutral or impartial in this respect. I dare say elements of the media and the conservatives have attempted to save face by claiming GL has apologised or agreed to tone it down a bit, but I can't see any evidence of that. They will just learn their lesson and ignore his Tweets now, as to challenge him again won't end well.