"This is the saddest day of my professional life... I never thought I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until I dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys,"
"Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter,"
""obedience and being quieter", or to "resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices". "I chose the latter. It broke my heart,""
Robin Ince resigned from BBC Radio 4's science show The Infinite Monkey Cage in September after 16 years. He co-presented the programme alongside Professor Brian Cox since 2009. He said his outside opinions, including support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump and once gently criticising Stephen Fry, were regarded as problematic for a freelance BBC science presenter. He said BBC studio executives voiced concerns and offered him a choice: accept obedience and be quieter, or resign and retain freedom to speak against perceived injustices. He described the resignation as heartbreaking and a victory for transphobes and bigots.
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