Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day, the BBC has announced, after comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum policy with 1930s Germany
is to step back from presenting Match of the Day, the BBC has announced, after comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum policy with 1930s Germany.
It comes after the host was accused of breaching the BBC’s impartiality guidelines over comments he made about the Government’s new migration policy.
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