BBC presenter: 'Should I, as a white man, be fired because I am a white man?'

Jon Holmes, who has presented The Now Show on BBC Radio 4 for nearly two decades, has claimed he was fired because the corporation wanted to recast “with more women and diversity.”

He tweeted a week ago announcing the news.

Sad to announce I've been axed from @BBCNowShow as 'we want to recast with more women and diversity' Tsk. And I didn't even punch a producer

— Jon Holmes (@jonholmes1) September 26, 2016