why the bbc is going down the pan

[DaveCinzano]

Bin there, dun that

 

[Pickman's model]

Bin there, dun that

Bought the taoiseach

 

[ska invita]

Someone will be along to say Lineker is the lesser evil in a minute. "Defend Lineker... without illusions"

I've never forgiven shearer for doing McDonald's ads, what do I win,?

 

[Stay Beautiful]

Not quite. Could you outline the serial nature of this alleged tax avoidance? Surely it's more than just the current case, where all parties apparently agree that the money's been paid but differ on the issue of quantum

Used the K2 scheme? A good decade or so back.

 

[Pickman's model]

.

 

[ska invita]

my hero


prick

 

[tommers]

Absolute fucking LOL.

 

[Bingoman]

over to you production team

 

[mx wcfc]

off twitter, withe reference to both the Lineker thing and Attenborogh being cancelled.

 

[8ball]

It’s not about Lineker. It’s about the government scapegoating refugees.

Refusegees! I knew it was them!!

 

[hash tag]

I was looking forward to having more footie, less punditry but From BBC now

 

[bellaozzydog]

Match of the day commentators pulling their Labour in solidarity with Lineker isn’t one I expected

Onwards and upwards

 

[teqniq]

People may not like Alistair Campbell but here he hits a number of nails on the head:

 

[teqniq]

This is great as well:

 

[teqniq]

Football focus has gone tits up as well, also players are refusing to give after match interviews in solidarity.

 

[brogdale]

Rapidly spiralling corporate example of 'how not to'....

Tories in the corporation have massively fucked up

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[Serge Forward]

Language of 1930s Germany: Streisand effect in full flow here

 

[two sheds]

I'm surprised they didn't replace it by 'Money for nothing' though

 

[Rob Ray]

The Mirror's save Gary Lineker petition's just reached 150,000 signatures in less than 24 hours:

Reinstate Gary Lineker to Match of the Day

Outside the headquarters of the BBC in London is a statue of the writer George Orwell. It bears the words: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they don’t want to hear.” In a series of tweets Gary Lineker did just that. He told the Government that its...

you.38degrees.org.uk

 

[PR1Berske]

This is tangentially related and the only thread I can think to put it

 

[teqniq]

I'm shocked, shocked i tell you:

 

[Bingoman]

5 live have pulled their football coverage too

 

[DaveCinzano]

Groin strains all round

 

[Bingoman]

Just an update on 5 live sports coverage, sky news is reporting that they may have football on 3pm as it is still listed on the schedule?

 

[NoXion]

From the initial reaction by the establishment, you'd have thought that Lineker had been the one espousing pro-Nazi views.

Conservatives are really fucking fragile about such comparisons. If it bothers them so fucking much, then they should concentrate on trying not to be filthy lumps of crypto-fascist human shit, instead of trying to shut down their critics.

Glad that it seems to be backfiring on them now.

 

[hash tag]

Just an update on 5 live sports coverage, sky news is reporting that they may have football on 3pm as it is still listed on the schedule?

There is live commentary on 5 live at the moment. There is still hope of hearing palace at 17:30

 

[not-bono-ever]

This is all quite beautiful. Tiktok is awash with anti GL fury. It’s awfully funny

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Meanwhile tory Nick Robinson interviews/chats to uber tory Suella Braverman on a Radio 4' 'in depth' politics slot.

Unsurpringly it's not at all tough on her.

However, it is a pretty hard listen.

Onwards and upwards with impartiality!

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[quiet guy]