Gary Neville among those to tweet in support of Lineker - latest
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn praised Gary Lineker and Ian Wright on Twitter. The Islington North MP wrote: “Well done @GaryLineker for standing up for refugees.
Former BBC executive Richard Sambrook told the PA news agency there is “a lot of confusion” around whether freelance broadcasters such as Gary Lineker who do not work in news should be subject to the same rules as permanent staff. Mr Sambrook also said: “I think there’s quite a lot of confusion about the extent to which the impartiality guidelines extend outside of news and extend to freelancers rather than staff, and until that’s cleared up we’re going to go on having these kinds of .”Gary Lineker was told by the BBC to step back from presenting Match Of The Day, according to Channel 5 News presenter Dan Walker, who said he has been in contact with the former footballer.
Asked about his stance on the matter, he said: “I’ll be even more outspoken now because this is, I’m afraid, an act of complete political cowardice. If it was wrong in principle then they should have sacked him the other day.” A party source told the Press Association: “The BBC’s cowardly decision to take Gary Lineker off air is an assault on free speech in the face of political pressure.
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