Will Gary Lineker be presenting Motd on Saturday?

[Bingoman]

After Gary Linekers tweet about the Governments policy on migration, he said to reporters that he will still be on air on Saturday?

And that he has spoken to his bosses but will things change in the coming days and will the BBC tell him to cool his tweets or will they tell him to take the week off on let the dust settle?

 

[danny la rouge]

Lineker was correct. I don’t follow football, so I have no opinion on Match of the Day. I do think it is time to be this guy, though, not the ones standing around him:

 

[littlebabyjesus]

What did he say?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

What did he say?

Gary Lineker stands by his immigration policy remarks

Match of the Day presenter says he doesn’t fear BBC suspension for comparing government language to that of 1930s Germany

www.theguardian.com

 

[danny la rouge]

What did he say?

A true thing about the government’s refugee policy. They responded that his words were unacceptable. It is not his words that were unacceptable.

 

[Sue]

'Lineker had compared the language the government used to set out asylum plans to "that used by Germany in the 30s".'

Lineker says he stands by tweets criticising government

The television presenter compared language the government used to "that used by Germany in the 30s".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[bimble]

What did he say?

They’ve all wilfully misread what the footballer said, he just said the LANGUAGE used by braverman was reminiscent of that time (which it absolutely is) not her policies. Stupid distraction, useful to them.

eta, this is what he actually wrote:


"There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s"


its very considered, it's definitely not 'they are being hitler' but all day long the news is about the bloody footballer, absolute crock of shit. That he's being "spoken to" by the BBC about it is properly grim though, what's that about.

 

[Sue]

On R4 last night, there was some Tory MP saying Lineker had been made famous by the BBC.

Now I know little about sport but even I know he was famous for being a footballer (Leicester and England and Spain somewhere I think?) and for never getting booked and that's presumably how he got into the Match of the Day thing.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I find it a bit odd. The Govt are saying that the BBC are supposed to be impartial, but he didn’t say it on a BBC broadcast. He said it on his personal Twitter account. Are BBC presenters barred from expressing privately held opinions via non BBC channels?

 

[Orang Utan]

I find it a bit odd. The Govt are saying that the BBC are supposed to be impartial, but he didn’t say it on a BBC broadcast. He said it on his personal Twitter account. Are BBC presenters barred from expressing privately held opinions via non BBC channels?

They are if they’re employed as journalists

 

[Steel Icarus]

I think it's like teachers, you have to keep your views quiet especially on social media

 

[Magnus McGinty]

They are if they’re employed as journalists

He’s a pundit. Is that a journalist?

 

[Steel Icarus]

He’s a pundit. Is that a journalist?

He's not a pundit, he's a presenter

 

[Magnus McGinty]

He's not a pundit, he's a presenter

Is a presenter a journalist then?

 

[danny la rouge]

it’s also worth saying: the government is saying his words “diminish the Holocaust”. He didn’t mention the Holocaust. He mentioned the German rhetoric of the 30s. The Holocaust was in the 40s.

 

[ruffneck23]

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Good on him. And this bit is simple fact. Needs repeating again and again and again.

We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries.

 

[souljacker]

On R4 last night, there was some Tory MP saying Lineker had been made famous by the BBC.

Now I know little about sport but even I know he was famous for being a footballer (Leicester and England and Spain somewhere I think?) and for never getting booked and that's presumably how he got into the Match of the Day thing.

Also famous for shitting himself in the World Cup Semi Final

 

[Wilf]

Is a presenter a journalist then?

At one level Lineker is in an entirely privileged * position in terms of being able to say just what he wants. However the BBC seems to be keeping him on a shorter leash than clarkson was, over his years of extreme racism, misogyny etc. In fact clarkson had a newspaper column which was about being racist on a weekly basis (for money), alongside his BBC work.

* Privileged as compared to more lowly staff, don't mean he has any rights that he shouldn't have, iyswim.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I think it's like teachers, you have to keep your views quiet especially on social media

Not sure how his views on government refugee policy affect his ability to report on football, though.

Lineker thought it was offside, but he would think that, wouldn't he, given that he steadfastly opposes the government's plans for Rwanda refugee camps.

 

[danny la rouge]

At one level Lineker is in an entirely privileged position in terms of being able to say just what he wants. However the BBC seems to be keeping him on a shorter leash than clarkson was, over his years of extreme racism, misogyny etc. In fact clarkson had a newspaper column which was about being racist on a weekly basis (for money), alongside his BBC work.

“You can’t say anything these days”. Etc.

 

[Wilf]

Also famous for shitting himself in the World Cup Semi Final

Must admit I came close to it in the world cup final last year.

I wasn't actually playing, but I got a phone call saying the ceiling had caved in and there was a flood in my house.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Looking forward to the equal outrage should Nicholas Witchell ever express an opinion on the handball rule.

 

[Wilf]

Looking forward to the equal outrage should Nicholas Witchell ever express an opinion on the handball rule.

He'll get a chance. Crystal Palace are playing Man City next.

 

[belboid]

Funny how this tweet didn't get any MP frothing under the collar

 

[pbsmooth]

good on him.
with any random twat, politician, CEO of Twitter or journalist allowed to spot whatever they want on Twitter, I don't see why he shouldn't be able to either.

 

[WouldBe]

Perhaps Gary could set up a second account like @LaryGineker for his 'alternative' views.

 

[izz]

What an absolute heap of bollocks - clearly Braverman has been scraping the bottom of the arguments barrel. Reference to 1930 Germany, knee-jerk reaction "OOoooooooh my husband's Jewish oooh I'm so huuuuuurrrrrt".

Fuck off to wherever Priti Vacant fucked off to.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Are BBC presenters barred from expressing privately held opinions via non BBC channels?

only if those opinions are critical of the tories...

 

[surreybrowncap]

Also famous for shitting himself in the World Cup Semi Final

Not Semi Final but opening game against the Republic of Ireland.
Italia 90.........