Gary Lineker has dumped the Mail

[joggerjayne]

He is no longer going to write a column for the Mail.

Well, obviously.

A patriotic footballer could not be associated with the raggy tabloid which, as Gary says ...

... has undermined our 2018 bid.

[anotheoldgit]

joggerjayne

/// If the kid was black, the Mail would have accused him of stealing the crisps, and demanded that he be deported. ///

Before making derogative remarks please supply proof that the Mail has ever accused a person of a crime, simply because they were black, or that for their crimes they should be deported, simply because they were black.

If the need arises they will accuse a person of a crime no matter what colour they are.

If they are not British citizens and the crime warrants it, they will also press for them to be deported, no matter what colour they are.

Your rather silly arguments and digs at the Daily Mail, make you out to be a very colour conscious individual, who will constantly use the usual lefties weapon of unsubstantiated scare tactics to get your message over.

[anotheoldgit]

The words of Gary Lineker

/// we've got a multicultural society and any side coming to this country will have a huge support base which must be appealing. ///

Surely they should be supporting England?

[askyourgran]

Daffy 654 A userer is someone who lends money with interest, I'm not sure what steve5 means in this context.

[Quinlad]

They should support who they want, AOG.

Again, your upholding of freedom of expression is pretty flimsy.

[OrcadianOil]

"A patriotic footballer"?

Well, if that means one who would condone what Triesman said, then that is what Mr Lineker is.
The only thing Lineker disagrees with is the fact that Triesman was "bubbled" and had his words published by a Sunday newspaper, thereby effectively putting the kybosh on England's 2018 WC bid.
Lineker's own role in that bid as some kind of "ambassador" has also clearly been scuppered by the revelations, and he's therefore jumping ship from those whom he obviously blames.

[daffy654]

Askyourgran... that would be USURER not userer, which is why I was confused. My children used to call their peers 'users' or 'userers' when they only hung around others for sweets etc. They were in infant and primary school then. I've never heard (or seen) an adult use the word though.