| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD 16:57 - Mar 10 with 27565 views | SitfcB |
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. [Post edited 10 Mar 2023 16:58]
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:01 - Mar 10 with 10802 views | BlueBadger |
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 views | tonybied |
Ridiculous decision. Nobody that works for the BBC is allowed to share their personal opinions on government policies! That just plain censorship! |  | | |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:04 - Mar 10 with 10773 views | 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. |  |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:04 - Mar 10 with 10759 views | factual_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! |
The government can't handle the truth. The Rwanda plan is a rip-off of the Madagascar Plan. |  |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:05 - Mar 10 with 10680 views | GlasgowBlue |
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 views | 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? |  |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:10 - Mar 10 with 10666 views | 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. |  |
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| Yeah, tax evasion.... on 17:11 - Mar 10 with 10620 views | Bloots |
| 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.
Bring back David Icke. |  |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:17 - Mar 10 with 10513 views | 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. [Post edited 10 Mar 2023 17:18]
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:20 - Mar 10 with 10460 views | SitfcB |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:22 - Mar 10 with 10420 views | davblue |
| 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. [Post edited 10 Mar 2023 17:18]
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Sooner those fcukers are out the better.
Awful people. |  | | |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:24 - Mar 10 with 10386 views | Ryorry |
| 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 views | SitfcB |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:28 - Mar 10 with 10251 views | GlasgowBlue |
| 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 views | tractordownsouth |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:24 - Mar 10 by SitfcB |
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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 views | tractordownsouth |
| 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 views | MattinLondon |
| 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.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/10/fiona-bruce-calls-stanley-johnsons-domestic-abuse |  | | |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:39 - Mar 10 with 10138 views | Whos_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.
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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. |  |
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:41 - Mar 10 with 10105 views | 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.
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:42 - Mar 10 with 10081 views | Whos_blue |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:24 - Mar 10 by SitfcB |
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Maximum respect to Wrighty.
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:47 - Mar 10 with 10001 views | Ryorry |
| 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.
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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 views | The_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. |  | | |
| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:53 - Mar 10 with 9940 views | Ryorry |
| 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 views | Pendejo |
| 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
Isn't it ironic that the phrase 1930s Germany is responded to in a fashion erring on the "Goebbals" [Post edited 10 Mar 2023 17:56]
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| Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD on 17:55 - Mar 10 with 9893 views | BlueBadger |
| 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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