Lineker has been warned countless times but believes that he is above the need to abide by the rules that his paymasters decree.
The content of this recent tweet was offensive and unneccessary.
His virtue signalling mates and others paid by the BBC who are showing solidarity are presumably too stupid to understand any of the above.
I hope they are all dispensed with now and that for once the BBC does the right thing.
MOD is outdated now and the smug sneering together with some appalling shouty commentary will not be missed by me.
As another poster here has said - they are all shouting about free speech being gagged but if they don't like other people's views they cancel them in the same way!
The boot is on the other foot and they do not like it!

Edited by The Dolphin (11 Mar 2023 9.18am)

Hear Hear
I agree with the general thrust of the sentiments.

With respect it is the BBS that has decided that Lineker's comments breached their impartiality guidelines.

If one listens to the odious Alastair Campbell, it is all the fault of a right-wing cabal in the Conservative Party and the Mail, Telegraph etc.Total and utter codswallop but of course it provides him with an opportunity to attack my party.

My days of watching MOTD after spending Saturday evenings studiously avoiding the football results are long gone. I find the clips of games too brief and the pundit's ramblings too long.

But, do you know what, in the absence of Lineker, pundits and commentators I might actually watch it tonight. I will see more of the games and I can form my own opinions about the outcomes.

I hope that tonight, the BBC sees the highest audience of this outdated show ever just to show Lineker and his supporters how inconsequential they are.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

Funny that you're not on here complaining about what Fiona Bruce said on Question time.

If Gary Lineker had tweeted support for Braverman's policy even in valid cases, would he be disciplined by the BBC for lack of impartiality?

Or is it ok to be political provided you support the government?

Fiona Bruce and QT are a joke nowadays.
She is way out of her depth on there and the bias is too much to bear.
I actually do not have an issue jug ears posting stuff but this content was out of order in so many ways.
If you get warned by your boss about something but you continue to disobey then you get the chop.
I actually wonder whether he has engineered it?

Edited by The Dolphin (11 Mar 2023 10.16am)