LONDON :Former England soccer captain Gary Lineker has been taken off air by the BBC after his comments on Britain's migration policy sparked a furious row between the government and the corporation's highest paid presenter.Lineker was told there has to be an agreed position on his use of social media before
LONDON :Former England soccer captain Gary Lineker has been taken off air by the BBC after his comments on Britain's migration policy sparked a furious row between the government and the corporation's highest paid presenter.
"The focus on this is being used by the government, both to find someone to blame and also to distract from their own serious failures," said the opposition Labour Party's home affairs spokesperson Yvette Cooper. Lineker, who has previously hosted refugees in his home, retweeted a post featuring a video of interior minister Suella Braverman talking about the law, with the comment"Good heavens, this is beyond awful".
The BBC said after talks with Lineker and his team that it had decided he would step back from presenting its flagship Match of the Day soccer highlights programme"until we've got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media". The BBC, funded by what is in effect a 159 pounds annual “license fee” tax on all television-watching households, has a central presence in British cultural life. It says it is committed to being politically impartial.
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