Jim Davidson was trending on Twitter last night following the announcement that popular satirical series The Mash Report has been axed.
In what has been viewed as a right wing takeover of the BBC the move was dubbed a “stone cold example of cancel culture” by LBC presenter James O’Brien as Tim Davie looks to rid the broadcaster of its supposed “left-wing bias”.
Back in 2018, broadcaster Andrew Neil, now of GBNews, singled out The Mash Report while complaining that the corporation’s comedy output was too leftie.
He called the BBC Two programme “self-satisfied, self-adulatory, unchallenged left-wing propaganda”.
Social media was buzzing with reaction yesterday with Jon Jones calling the news “very disturbing” and Andy Hails pointing out that Davie has been quick to make good on his promises.
Jim Davidson was also doing the rounds as people pointed to the right winger as a potential replacement:
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