Gary Lineker has been temporarily stood down as host of the BBC’s flagship football show Match of the Day.
Former England captain Gary Lineker has been temporarily removed from his role as presenter of the BBC’s flagship football highlights show after his criticism of the British government’s new asylum policy.program, which has been a national institution in Britain since the 1960s, will be aired on Saturday “without studio presentation or punditry,” the BBC said in an extraordinary development after a slew of Lineker’s colleagues announced they wouldn’t appear on the show without him.
The BBC considers Lineker posting such views on social media as a breach of its guidelines. The network said it held discussions with Lineker over his involvement in, which is broadcast on Saturday nights and shows highlights of English Premier League games that day.,” the broadcaster said, “until we’ve got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media.
In solidarity with Lineker, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright — former England players who work as pundits onAfter more of his BBC co-workers, like former football players Alex Scott, Jermaine Jenas and Micah Richards, said they would not want to work onbecause of the treatment of Lineker, the BBC took the decision to change the format of the show.
The government has called Lineker’s Nazi comparison inappropriate and unacceptable, and some MPs said he should be fired. The fallout came as Sunak and Emmanuel Macron agreed to strengthen the military ties between their countries and step up efforts to prevent migrants from crossing the English Channel, at a summit that signalled a thaw in relations after years of Brexit-induced chill.
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