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At this rate I doubt we'll have a MOTD tomorrow night. At best it'll be a purely highlights show with no studio pundits discussion
I think the tories have genuinely shot themselves in the foot on this one by pushing such blatant censorship
Or bolstered their dwindling support by getting the "liberal woke pundit" suspended
Yep, they’ve arsed this one up, can’t see it going well on Saturday.
The UK needs to decide who gets to live here. Not leave it as a prize for the winners of an obstacle race.
Yep, once we’ve sunsetted all the awkward laws and got rid of that human rights nonsense we can do some sort of hunger games type thing for anyone unpatriotic 🙂
The UK needs to decide who gets to live here
It already did when it signed up to the numerous international treaties on migration and asylum.
It's just that the Daily Mail doesn't like brown people.
The Fiona Bruce comment is not completely out of context.
His wife said that he beat her.
His friends opinions should not be brought in to the discussion to limit the impact of him beating his wife. Did they live in his house every second that he was there.
Shearer has called off too now. Hope they all do. Tory ****!
Rumour has it Alex Scott has said no as well, can't see it confirmed yet
Which former HIGNFY host that can also stick balloons to ceilings, is going to get the call up for a guest MOTD role? 😮
It’s just that the Daily Mail doesn’t like brown people.
They were pretty keen on brown shirts during the 1930s.
Rumour has it Alex Scott has said no as well, can’t see it confirmed yet
🙂
https://twitter.com/AlexScott/status/1634264832852500488?s=20
Foriegners and free speech cancelled within a week. And people still support them.
It is odd, I was always very surprised at the lack of journalistic support for the BBC following the Hutton report, the whole industry largely just accepted that farce with barely a murmur. That was a mountain to die on for journalistic integrity, Linkers comments on the other hand are a mere molehill, but it feels like something is brewing.
Ooh, getting interesting.
How much of a free hand do you think the BBC have in these decisions?
I think their political overseers may have underestimated how popular Gary Lineker is.
Chappers also ruled himself out of presenting it.
How much of a free hand do you think the BBC have in these decisions?
Given their Chairman is a die hard Tory and friend of Bojo, I'm sure he's very keen to help the (Tory) cause by blacklisting anyone who is critical of government policy.
I do find it ironic that in reacting to criticism of them acting like Germany in the 1930’s, they react like the Germans would have done in the 1930’s
Ian Wright said today, on his podcast, that he won't work for the BBC again if GL was sacked.
Some Germans (and an Austrian) Binners.
When I say “first” went into Afghanistan I of course mean in the 21st century, the UK has been interfering in Afghanistan for a good couple of hundred years.
@Ernielynch and we've had our arses handed to us each time. What's the definition of insanity again?
Ian Wright said today, on his podcast, that he won’t work for the BBC again if GL was sacked.
I don't think he is brave enough to do what he said.
Why wait for Lineker? Can't he make his own mind up? That's why he is not brave enough.
Tories in a bind now, 30p Lee, bentonite, dories etc cheering the suspension
If BBC dont reinstate him they've destroyed their own reputation and make the tories look more fascist than ever
Tyrone Mings has just tweeted his support so this means all the people on twitter who don't follow politics but do follow the actual footballers will start to see it ... Does feel like the beeb have shot themselves in the d1ck
Now I am just waiting for Chris Kamara to work out what the hell is going on.
Just wheel Guy Mowbray in, I'm not really arsed who the presenter is - I watch it for the football.
I like GL, seems like a decent bloke. Personally, I don't think he's done anything wrong and don't agree with the BBC rules. However, he knew the rules that the BBC set when he accepted the role, salary or freelance, and I don't think he can be surprised that he's left them with little option. I can't believe the fuss: he's just a bloke who once played football to a very high standard, he's hardly Nietzsche.
I enjoy the craic between him, Wright and Shearer, but to think that MoTD is about them and there are no other options is nuts. I watch it for the football, not the magazine part which when I think about it has gone a bit Jeremy Clarkson/Top gear for me in the last season or two.
However, he knew the rules that the BBC set when he accepted the role
Hasn't he been doing the job since before twitter existed?
Football's finest hour?
binners
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I do find it ironic that in reacting to criticism of them acting like Germany in the 1930’s, they react like the Germans would have done in the 1930’s
very much this.
If they do cancel the show it will be interesting to see what they use the airtime for. My money would be on Tory party political broadcasts, on repeat.
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she jumped to hearsay when his Mrs had said it was more than once.
However, he knew the rules that the BBC set when he accepted the role
Not to mention that those rules don't seem to apply to people like Alan Sugar
I think we know what's coming next...
https://twitter.com/ChrisKimberley/status/1634283834832310278?t=ZXcqDWP5AztO-3nfT20pLg&s=19
jaa
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However, he knew the rules that the BBC set when he accepted the roleHasn’t he been doing the job since before twitter existed?
Yes. Not sure what your point is? Are you implying that GL is so stupid he wouldn't think that Twitter would be included as a platform the BBC would consider to be of significance?
I'll say again, I don't think he's done a great deal wrong, but feel #prayforgary is just around the corner. The public handwringing is just nuts.
This is going to be massive.
You can **** with pretty much anything but football and whether you like it or not GL is the high priest.
Plus this is not just GL on a one off - I've followed him for ages on twitter, not because I'm a footy fan which I am not but because he has over the last few years become more and more outspoken against THIS govt. He is clearly a tory but not a fascist and this is where the lines are being drawn...everyday past tories are realising they are genuinely in a really bad situation - its just not acceptable for any normal right thinking individual to turn a blind eye to whats happening in the UK right now
I’ll say again, I don’t think he’s done a great deal wrong, but feel #prayforgary is just around the corner. The public handwringing is just nuts.
Yes, nothing wrong. In fact rather weak to be honest but he is earning money from BBC. Therefore, either he submit to BBC rules or go his own way.
chewkw
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Yes, nothing wrong. In fact rather weak to be honest but he is earning money from BBC. Therefore, either he submit to BBC rules or go his own way.
Agreed. That's pretty much what I said a couple of posts up. He knew the rules, and now he's earned a few million and feels brave enough to break them, he has to go. He's hardly a hero, just a bloke with an opinion with reach.
The public handwringing is just nuts
The "public handwringing" is about abuse of political power, influence and censorship of some rather mild comments. No one thinks that Lineker has been a victim who needs counselling, the incident has just become a lighting rod that exposes the populists propaganda machine.
but he is earning money from BBC. Therefore, either he submit to BBC rules or go his own way.
do you think we should find ourselves in this position if he had posted to say he agreed with the government? If he had said the bill was great? If course we wouldn't.
If they are applying the rules, they have to do so both ways and to everyone (Andrew Neil, Sugar etc)
Agreed. That’s pretty much what I said a couple of posts up. He knew the rules, and now he’s earned a few million and feels brave enough to break them, he has to go. He’s hardly a hero, just a bloke with an opinion with reach.
I think his earning makes him a sore thumb to BBC too and they are just waiting for the right moment. If he does not go then the BBC big boss will have to defend him and probably ended up being the scapegoat.
Completely spineless by the BBC.
Been meaning to cancel my TV license DD for yonks.
The “public handwringing” is about abusive political censorship of some rather mild comments. No one thinks that Lineker has been a victim who needs counselling, the incident has just become a lighting rod that exposes the populists propaganda machine.
I don't know what to say to that to be honest. His employer set the rules, he broke them, they stand their ground.
I do find it pretty weak that the BBC have driven the story on their own platform, I also find it amazing that Braverman holds the position she does. I just don't link the employment rules to the political agenda. Maybe I'm naive.
How have we suddenly got to the gov censoring the bbc, haven't they done it themselves?
50p on Portillo.
His employer set the rules, he broke them, they stand their ground.
I mentioned this earlier, but when he severely criticised FIFA and Qatar, during the opening segment of the very first game of the world cup, there was nothing done. His comments were not impartial (and he was 100% right) so why wasn't he pulled from the coverage then? The answer is because he wasn't pissing off the Tories. Clearly there's been pressure applied to get rid of him. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to join the dots about what influence and pressure is exerted politically at the very top of the BBC.