That would depend on whether the plumbers or carpenters worked for a big or a small organisation. If a big building business employed 100s of tradespeople they wouldn’t want trouble makers in their ranks so might try to determine attitudes before offering a job. Small firms less likely. The BBC is a big organisation.

What any footballers views on women are won’t be relevant in an all male environment. If there are female employees in responsible positions they might be.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

There are more Lefty troublemakers than other flavours of troublemakers. Antifa or Trade Unions.
and anyway, the definition of being professional is to leave your baggage on the front steps.

There are rabid Glasgow Celtic fans who work with Rangers fans......and they all manage to do an honest weeks work without stabbing each other. Behaviours speak louder than opinions.

If you want to argue that the Vatican got the one nonce from every little village......forming a city of nonces. Similarly the BBC is recruiting one Gary Linekar from every village.....forming an Empire of Linekars & greta Thunbergs.

Did Jimmy Savile have a sufficiently lefty outlook to pass muster ?

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

If you have ever made FOI request, as I have, you will know that big organisations like the BBC get many of them and now have a large department devoted to answering them.

Answers are always heavily redacted to protect individuals from the release of personal information. My last request was to the VOA, took months to be answered and was so heavily redacted as to make no sense at all. When all I was trying to find out was how a particular valuation was handled it was very frustrating. There has to be a better way of finding out the facts behind actions.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Yeah the BBC could have stopped lying and prevaricating and done an honest investigation years ago but hey ho.

I think the courts are largely sympathetic to the Diana supporters and the recent comments from the judge directed at the BBC were quite critical.

It will take another court case but slowly this stuff will emerge and if the government is forced to turn over private communications I don't see why the BBC should be immune.

One more point

Saw this a couple of days ago about how the lefty org will be funded in future, broadband fees have been muted & also a levy on income tax for all even if you dont watch or have a tv. 2027 is the year the tv tax finishes, have a read of this(im not an express nor newspaper reader) . . . [Link]

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

A Broadband tax would be manufactured consent for establishment media.

It's what you'd expect from them. The feel entitled to your money and patronage independent of how you regard them.

If you disagree with how they run these organisations they regard you as the problem. They do not want to compete in the market for your money.

They want you to have no voice and for them to dominate.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)