I’ve been in the Lineker defence business for ages. As usual, what his critics are singling out is not what they really hate, writes Zoe Williams
I’ve been in the Lineker defence business for ages. As usual, what his critics are singling out is not what they really hate, since way before it was cool. In 2017, the Daily Mail attempted a hit job on his tax affairs – one of the laziest drive-bys in tabloid history, nothing but innuendo and guesswork. Arguably, it would have been better to ignore it, as there was nothing really to see. Besides, he’s no wallflower, Lineker, and hardly lacked a platform of his own.
This current row is not about any of the things it purports to be about: it’s not about the BBC’s rules on impartiality, which are wildly incoherent and, even if they made internal sense, wouldn’t apply to Gary Lineker anyway.
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