BREAKING: Rishi Sunak has waded into the row surrounding Gary Lineker and says ‘not everyone will agree’ with the Government’s new asylum policy.
The Prime Minister said the Match of the Day storm, and questions about the BBC’s impartiality, is ‘a matter for them, not the Government’.began when Lineker branded the Government’s plans to tackle small boat crossings in the Channel as ‘immeasurably cruel’.Gary Lineker outside his home in London
In a statement, Mr Sunak said: ‘As Prime Minister, I have to do what I believe is right, respecting that not everyone will always agree. That is why I have been unequivocal in my approach to stopping the boats.
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