London, Thanasis Gavos

Optimistic that the golden ratio will be found in the dispute between him BBC and his Gary Linekerpossibly within the day, sources from both sides appear, according to British publications.

The news organization is understood to be leaning toward agreeing to a review of its rules on social media use by non-political staff, while the popular soccer anchor is expected to agree to be more careful about the language he uses in the future.

The controversy that has been the number one topic in Britain for days began last Tuesday, when Mr Gary Lineker likened the government’s refugee rhetoric on Twitter to the language used in 1930s Germany during the rise of Nazism.

He was reacting to the Conservative government’s new Illegal Immigration Bill.

The bill has been criticized by, among others, the United Nations for making it more difficult for refugees to access asylum in Britain.

The government criticized Lineker and the BBC belatedly on Friday suspended him from presenting Match of the Day, the channel’s flagship sports show for decades, for breaching impartiality rules.

This, however, caused a tsunami of reactions from the BBC’s football presenters who, as a sign of solidarity, are abstaining from their broadcasts from Saturday.

The BBC apologized for the lack of sports coverage, while even Prime Minister Rishi Sunak intervened to wish for a quick solution.

This controversy has opened a multifaceted debate in Britain. It concerns the obligations of BBC presenters in relation to freedom of expression on personal social media accounts, the government’s refugee policy and whether the BBC is being led by the government, which in turn often accuses it of adopting opposition rhetoric.

The BBC’s credibility is further at stake as its chairman Richard Sharpe comes under fire after it emerged he brokered a large personal loan for then-prime minister Boris Johnson shortly before his own appointment to the board. BBC.