BBC dump Gary Lineker from Match of the Day to appease furious right wing mob
Soccer Football - FA Cup - Quarter Final - Newcastle United v Manchester City - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - June 28, 2020 Former player and England legend Gary Lineker reacts, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Owen Humphreys/Pool via REUTERS
Gary Lineker is stepping down from presenting Match of the Day until he can agree to use social media in terms suitable to the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Late this afternoon the BBC claimed that an agreement had been reached but off the record this has been denied by sources close to the presenter.
The former England striker has long between a target for the right-wing media and the Tory Party for not being on message over a variety of social issues.
With the UK Government announcing plans to breach long standing Human Rights Convention earlier this week Lineker tweeted his disapproval, liking the language being used to that of Germany in the thirties.
Led by the Daily Mail and Daily Express Lineker became to the story rather than the new hard-line Government policy on immigration.
After a couple of days of frantic attacks at 4.45pm on Friday the BBC announced that Lineker would be forced off their screens.
Time for @IanWright0 @alanshearer or whoever else does MOTD these days to not turn up. Be brave and stand up against this
— Frankie Hobbs (@Frankie_Hobbs) March 10, 2023
Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use, the BBC has said.
It follows an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the government’s new asylum policy.
The BBC said it considered Lineker’s “recent social media activity to be a breach of our guidelines”.
It added he should “keep well away from taking sides on party political issues or political controversies”.
The BBC said it had been in “extensive discussions with Gary and team in recent days” and “has decided that he will step back from presenting Match of the Day until we’ve got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media”.
In Scotland licence payers get to see presenters as dull as Steven Thompson, James McFadden, Neil McCann, Jane Lewis and Richard Foster.
On radio views range from Kenny Macintyre, Tom English to Alasdair Lamont with the stats freak Liam MacLeod the main commentator.
The BBC is fully funded by licence payers, it is a very simple operation to contact the BBC to inform them that you don’t watch or listen to live TV and radio.
