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The BBC defended the comedian Jo Brand Against the charges, she encouraged violence in a joke about throwing battery acid during a radio show.
Brand, who joined Heresy's show on Radio 4 as a guest on Tuesday, joked saying to throw acid drums on "unpleasant characters" instead of milkshakes.
Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit party, who had a milkshake thrown at him Recently responded to Brand on Twitter saying, "This is an incitement to violence and the police must act."
A spokesman for the BBC said the jokes made during the Heresy show were "deliberately provocative and go against the norms of society."
She added that they "are not meant to be taken seriously".
Social media users compared The BBC's response to Danny Baker's dismissal following an alleged racist tweet about the royal baby Archie.
Piers Morgan, presenter of the television show Good Morning Britain, is among those who compare Baker's dismissal with the BBC's decision.
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Why did the BBC immediately dismiss Danny Baker for an offensive royal tweet against a baby, but not Jo Brand because she said she would like acid to be thrown at politicians?
& mdash; Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 13, 2019
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