The BBC’s football coverage was ripped up this weekend as several presenters and reporters withdrew in solidarity with Gary Lineker
Jeremy Hunt has rowed back from demanding an apology from Gary Lineker.
"If you believe in BBC independence, then it’s not for the chancellor or any other government minister to say how these issues are resolved." Gary Lineker's son has said he thinks the presenter will return to Match Of The Day – but that he would not 'back down on his word', according to reports., the former England striker’s eldest son George claimed his father had been 'a bit disappointed' by the BBC asking him to step back from hosting Saturday's Match Of The Day after he compared the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany in a tweet.
George Lineker told The Sunday Mirror: "Dad is a good man, a good human, and I'm proud of him for standing by his word. That's why he was pulled off the show – because he wouldn't apologise. But he will always speak up for people who don't have a voice.
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