Lineker To Step Back From Presenting Match Of The Day

[choux]

...until an agreement is reached on his social media use, the BBC has said.

Bet he is feeling less cocky now. No doubt he still gets paid. Time will tell if his principles or ego win the day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64920557

[Zacs-Master]

Fabulous that all these people are coming out in support of Lineker. This is just the revolution against PC *** we need!

[jourdain2]

Re OP Hooray! Let's have some space for younger presenters to make their mark.

[bazwillrun]

If nothing else his views on these so called refugees/asylum seekers etc but in reality spongers, freeloaders ,chancers, invaders etc, then it shows stratospheric levels of naivety and how easily he like others have been duped...suppose its not as if he was a brain surgeon though, just a bloke who kicked a ball around...

Im sure the blatantly biased clowns will be looking into the "bringing the employer into disrepute" type of clause if there is one in his freelance contract..and being freelance its even easier to offload him..

[Old_Geezer]

I suspect it's a case of there being tolerable limits, ich. "I agree with xxx", or, "I disagee with xxx", ain't going to cause a ruckus. Something along the lines of, "The present government are saying the type of thing said in Nazi governed Germany", is in a different league.

[Cloverjo]

Another bandwagon to jump on, according to my Twitter feed. We all know the horrors of the Holocaust. Lineker was using hyperbole to convey his distaste of the new rules on asylum seekers.

[Zacs-Master]

The BBC can’t get enough presenters to ‘man’ tomorrow nights show. Excellent.

[royfromaus]

If the BBC make a good fist of the presenter-less show he will have shot himself in the foot. I can't be the only one who watches MOTD using the ffw button.

[fripfrip]

He wants all these bogus refugees to be allowed into the country,yet he's not willing to pay his taxes to pay for them.

[royfromaus]

I wonder if the same people who saw antisemitism in the Andrew Bridgen saga don't see it it in Gary Lineker's case and vice versa?

[Hymie]

This is what happens when you tell the truth – which just happens to upset the rabid Tory supporters – if this illegal Bill comes into force, the UK will rightly be compared to Nazi Germany of the 1930s by many countries around the world.

[Zacs-Master]

Interesting times.

[royfromaus]

the UK will rightly be compared to Nazi Germany of the 1930s by many countries around the world.

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Don't be daft

[bobbinwales]

//This is what happens when you tell the truth – which just happens to upset the rabid Tory supporters //
I think you'll find its not just rabid Torys but also working class Labour supporters outside the metropolitan elite whose generally fed up of people ignoring or even welcomming dangerous migrant crossings and pushing back our own poorer sections of society in the queue for houses, hospitals ,schools ... and paid for by taxes of our workers.

[fripfrip]

I do not think anyone compares Australia with nazi germany and they have a strict policy on who enters their country.

[Zacs-Master]

Anyone defending the BBC needs to watch this. It’s only 3 mins.
https://twitter.com/saif_islam7865/status/1634299513304236039?s=61&;t=Pn5TBJp-lcI52BUWEg4uXQ

[Cloverjo]

MOTD will have no presenter on Saturday (or whenever it’s on) because no one will risk the brickbats that might (or will) come their way if they stand in for the poor persecuted Gary. Who earns £1million a year for doing not very much.

[jno]

they've cancelled Lineker, now they've cancelled Attenborough

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/10/david-attenborough-bbc-wild-isles-episode-rightwing-backlash-fears

How could anyone possibly see any parallels with 1930s Germany?

[royfromaus]

How many of those mentioned compared the UK (you know, the nation that actually stood up to Nazi Germany) to 1930s Germany?

Which is the main reason Lineker is getting a backlash to his tweet.

[Zacs-Master]

It appears many people can. There’s stopping immigration and there’s National Socialism.

[Zacs-Master]

For ‘backlash’ read ‘support’.