Gary Lineker's Match of the Day co-presenters to skip this week in 'solidarity'
Earlier this week, Lineker criticised a video released by Home Secretary Suella Braverman to outline a controversial policy that would see the UK detain migrants arriving via small boats and seek to deport them within weeks.
Lineker initially linked to the video on his Twitter and responded that the policy is"beyond awful". He also tweeted:"There is no huge influx [in refugees]. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. "This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the '30s."
The BBC subsequently announced on Friday that Lineker's"recent social media activity [was] a breach" of its impartiality guidelines, as he'd directly criticised the policy of the Conservative government.until we've got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media," a BBC spokesperson said.
The BBC went on to say that while it values Lineker's expertise in sports commentary, it wants him to"keep well away from taking sides in political issues or political controversies."confirmed Saturday's show will"focus on match action without studio presentation or punditry" after several of Linekers' colleagues refused to appear.
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