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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD 16:57 - Mar 10 with 27565 viewsSitfcB



What a load of twaddle, fair play to him for sticking to his guns, can imagine he disagreed with them when they told him to probably delete the tweet and not to comment in the future.
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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:01 - Mar 10 with 10802 viewsBlueBadger

Seems a bit much given that they were happy to allow Jeremy Clarkson to be openly racist for YEARS.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:02 - Mar 10 with 10802 viewstonybied

Ridiculous decision. Nobody that works for the BBC is allowed to share their personal opinions on government policies! That just plain censorship!
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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:04 - Mar 10 with 10773 viewshype313

Was reading the other day that this might be more to do with him proving to HMRC that he isn't a Paid BBC Employee, a freelance to get around his £4.9m fine for being outside IR35.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:04 - Mar 10 with 10759 viewsfactual_blue

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:02 - Mar 10 by tonybied

Ridiculous decision. Nobody that works for the BBC is allowed to share their personal opinions on government policies! That just plain censorship!


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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:05 - Mar 10 with 10680 viewsGlasgowBlue

Well done to Lineker for sticking to his principles.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:06 - Mar 10 with 10729 viewstractordownsouth

Presumably, in the interests of fairness, they’ll also be getting rid of Alan Sugar from the Apprentice for voicing his support for Boris Johnson?

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:10 - Mar 10 with 10666 viewsSlippinJimmyJuan

Really stupid call from them. It will just attract more attention to the issue and they'll end up walking it back when they realise how much support he has. Would be quite entertaining if they do sheepishly allow him back on, only for him to resign. All power to Gary Crisps.

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Yeah, tax evasion.... on 17:11 - Mar 10 with 10620 viewsBloots

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:04 - Mar 10 by hype313

Was reading the other day that this might be more to do with him proving to HMRC that he isn't a Paid BBC Employee, a freelance to get around his £4.9m fine for being outside IR35.


....Qatari money, plus his brother is a proper wrongun.

Sack him I say.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:17 - Mar 10 with 10513 viewsringwoodblue

I thought we were supposed to be a country with free speech? Cancel culture strikes again. Ridiculous decision.

I will boycott MOTD until he is reinstated. At least I won’t have to suffer listening to Danny Murphy.
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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:20 - Mar 10 with 10460 viewsSitfcB


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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:22 - Mar 10 with 10420 viewsdavblue

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:17 - Mar 10 by ringwoodblue

I thought we were supposed to be a country with free speech? Cancel culture strikes again. Ridiculous decision.

I will boycott MOTD until he is reinstated. At least I won’t have to suffer listening to Danny Murphy.
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Sooner those fcukers are out the better.

Awful people.
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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:24 - Mar 10 with 10386 viewsRyorry

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:06 - Mar 10 by tractordownsouth

Presumably, in the interests of fairness, they’ll also be getting rid of Alan Sugar from the Apprentice for voicing his support for Boris Johnson?


And Fiona Bruce from QT, who has for years been handling the show in a biased manner, allowing tories to rabbit on for several minutes but cutting short all others after a few seconds, before they've even had a chance to make their points - even occasionally adding pro-Tory comments of her own, despite supposedly only being there as neutral presenter/chair.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:24 - Mar 10 with 10395 viewsSitfcB


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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:28 - Mar 10 with 10251 viewsGlasgowBlue

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:06 - Mar 10 by tractordownsouth

Presumably, in the interests of fairness, they’ll also be getting rid of Alan Sugar from the Apprentice for voicing his support for Boris Johnson?


And at least Lineker was even handed in what he posted.


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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:30 - Mar 10 with 10272 viewstractordownsouth

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:24 - Mar 10 by SitfcB



Top man. Yet more proof of how out of touch with reality these right-wing Tory clowns are.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:34 - Mar 10 with 10214 viewstractordownsouth

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:24 - Mar 10 by Ryorry

And Fiona Bruce from QT, who has for years been handling the show in a biased manner, allowing tories to rabbit on for several minutes but cutting short all others after a few seconds, before they've even had a chance to make their points - even occasionally adding pro-Tory comments of her own, despite supposedly only being there as neutral presenter/chair.


Apparently you're not a wife beater if you only do it once.


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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:36 - Mar 10 with 10173 viewsMattinLondon

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:24 - Mar 10 by Ryorry

And Fiona Bruce from QT, who has for years been handling the show in a biased manner, allowing tories to rabbit on for several minutes but cutting short all others after a few seconds, before they've even had a chance to make their points - even occasionally adding pro-Tory comments of her own, despite supposedly only being there as neutral presenter/chair.


Fiona Bruce, on QT last, should take a good hard look at herself. Defending domestic violence BJ dad, by stating that it was a one-off (which it wasn’t). As chair, she would have known that this was likely to have come up and that is how to defended it. It is a disgrace.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:39 - Mar 10 with 10138 viewsWhos_blue

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:34 - Mar 10 by tractordownsouth

Apparently you're not a wife beater if you only do it once.



I watched that last night and could hardly believe my ears.
They may have well as called it the Clarke and Jenryk show. Would like to see the airtime stats from last night.

Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:41 - Mar 10 with 10105 viewsWhos_blue

For the record, I'm a huge advocate of the BBC and have no problem with the license fee, nor the presenters wages.
However, this is the mother of all fudge ups.
I just despair sometimes.

Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:42 - Mar 10 with 10081 viewsWhos_blue

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:24 - Mar 10 by SitfcB



Maximum respect to Wrighty.


Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:47 - Mar 10 with 10001 viewsRyorry

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:34 - Mar 10 by tractordownsouth

Apparently you're not a wife beater if you only do it once.



Yep, just caught the last few minutes of it last night - shameful.

Armando Iannucci guesting on R4 a few mins ago highlighted the beeb's hypocrisy, citing Sugar & O'Neil.

Followed by John Whittingdale MP (con), who inevitably blustered on about how perfectly reasonable & justified it was to suspend GL.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:48 - Mar 10 with 9984 viewsThe_Major

I hope Lineker tells them where to stick it. He will absolutely stroll into ITV, Sky, BT, whoever without a care in the world.
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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:53 - Mar 10 with 9940 viewsRyorry

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:41 - Mar 10 by Whos_blue

For the record, I'm a huge advocate of the BBC and have no problem with the license fee, nor the presenters wages.
However, this is the mother of all fudge ups.
I just despair sometimes.


Likewise.

Can't help wondering what old grandees like David Attenborough & John Simpson are making of it all. Shaking their heads in despair, I wouldn't be surprised.

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:53 - Mar 10 with 9939 viewsPendejo

Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:41 - Mar 10 by Whos_blue

For the record, I'm a huge advocate of the BBC and have no problem with the license fee, nor the presenters wages.
However, this is the mother of all fudge ups.
I just despair sometimes.


No idea how accurate this is, but is presented as an excerpt of a BBC Freelance contract.

Which appears to say it's ok for Lineker to comment on politics privately, but not Andrew Neill who hasn't faced censure. And his job is politics.

Wrong link. Will have to til home

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Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:10 - Mar 10 by SlippinJimmyJuan

Really stupid call from them. It will just attract more attention to the issue and they'll end up walking it back when they realise how much support he has. Would be quite entertaining if they do sheepishly allow him back on, only for him to resign. All power to Gary Crisps.


This is Naga Munchetty all over again, isn't it? They never learn.

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