Gary Lineker, BBC and Freedom of Speech - **Read OP**

He wasn't criticising ****ing language, he was criticising policy goals which will clearly breach Britain's obligations under many international treaties and protocols.

Braverman and Co's language is just the cherry on a shameful and despicable Tory proto-fascist idealogy.

Pull your head in.

Like I said to another poster, I never criticised Campbell for what he said or said I didn't agree with him. I have my own scepticism of BBC 'impartiality'. Is is true though that he is unpopular - with left-wingers and right-wingers. Why pretend he isn't? He tried to nobble Corbyn on the eve of a general election and helped arrange for the invasion of Iraq.

I don't see asking for voter ID as bigoted, racist or fascist. Braverman and Sunak aren't fascists. Braverman, who is a British-born Hindu Tamil of Indian ancestry, doesn't have a racist grudge against white Albanians - and why would she?

A lot of right wing commentators in the UK are talking about leaving the ECHR and totally ignoring international refugee law. This is already heading a bit too close to 'fascism', depending on how people want to define it.

Gary for PM now 😁

Spot on!

At the end of the day it's down to money and that's the simple reason why democracy in the UK is merely a buzz word.

Like the US, the entire caboodle revolves around donations and cronyism.

People need to stand up for what they believe to be right.

I was born in England, for most of my life the BBC seemed impartial although the only reference has been the Independent and the Guardian for a long time now.

I never thought I would ever see the day when a party could be elected to run the country with an easily checkable history of lying, cowardice, incompetence and sackings in both the public and private sectors.

I don't care how anyone wishes to define democracy, but it breaks down when the peoples choice is based on false information.

Staying quiet and accepting the garbage is condoning it.

One of the main benefits of living here as an Irish national, is that I am not constantly drip fed lies or witnessing every journalists question about government failings being turned into a Tory sales pitch.

It does wonders for One's self respect!

As a human being, I thank you for your stance. I'm afraid I never had an interest in football and stopped watching the BBC news when it stopped reporting in a fair informative manner, so would find it hard to do anything in protest.

I never ate Walkers crisps incidentally, I suppose I could take them up by way of protest, but there are some activities that Mr Lineker is involved in that are not so "uplifting". and being fed his adverts is one :-)

You’ll be more shocked to learn that the BBC was paying him £1.8m 10 years ago!

If he’d used similar wording about bad drivers, the price of tennis racquets, service in a restaurant, BA customer services etc…….. nobody blinks… because he dares criticise and lambast something he should have every right to….but is therefore in conflict with wokeism, daftisim and gobshîteisim….

the support for Lineker this morning is unquantifiable. Brilliant to see. BBC are getting an absolute kicking, it’s gone global

a respected football website… “ BBC have just trashed their football coverage “.

a plethora of respected ex pros, current media people, in the UK, and further afield, all supporting Gary…. People have had enough of it.

So a Holocaust survivor who said exactly the same thing 1 month before also went too far? Also he didnt compare anything to nazis, he said the language was reminiscent of 1930s Germany. But please find a tweet where he said the word Nazis.....

Nothing changed in 2023. What did changed in 2020 though was they hired an ex-Conservative member as Director General.

Polling would suggest otherwise..... the tories are at 27% and would be lucky to break 70 seats vs their current 355 if an election was held tomorrow but according to you the public are full square behind them?