I find it absolutely crazy that a Gary Lineker tweet has woke some people up to sudden outrage of anti human rights policies from the Tories, when they've just locked you up in your homes, stopped you from going to work, made you wear a mask, tried to force you to take a vaccine jab and most of you complied, but now all of a sudden t's bad when they want to protect you by securing your borders.

I was calling them out during Covid and for good reason because that did hold similarities to fascism and most of you argued against me, but now a Lineker tweet that is a bullsht comparison is your argument. Bizarre.

I posted the Australian thread during Covid as Australian citizens were getting shot at by the authorities and you argued against me that this was OK because it was for our own good. But here you are with outrage because the government wants to protect your borders.

Upside down World

Who are you actually talking to though Alf? Who are the Lineker supporters on this thread? I actually don't think I've seen any :think:

Specifically? Probably Dezzy. He gave me the most arguments during Covid (he wasn't the only one though) and he's the most animated here fighting for Lineker against the forum objectors.

The problem with that Daily Mail comment is that it could go for literally any opinion expressed on the BBC, even away from Politics there will always be things that people say on TV Shows that a substantial amount of people won't like.

[I find it absolutely crazy that a Gary Lineker
tweet has woke some people up to
sudden outrage of anti human rights policies
from the Tories,
when they've just locked you up
in your homes, stopped you from
going to work, made you wear a mask,
tried to force you to take a vaccine jab
and most of you complied, but now all of a sudden t's bad when
they want to protect you by securing your borders.]



Sure Alf,
Matthew Syed made good points
On Piers Morgan Show Thursday Night.

Gary maybe a Very High BBC Paid Sports Presenter
but if he does this again
he can be fired

When he is fired, he can stay on BT sports
so you will not lose Gary.


At this Time
Gary is the face of the BBC
who he has brought into disrepute.


Let him Go to BT Sports
That can save BBC money

Tbf I don't think anybody was agreeing with Australia's lunacy.:joker:

I'm defending Gary Lineker's right to say what he likes.

He didn't threaten to harm anyone, or incite anyone else to harm other people, he just didn't like a policy, which he should be allowed to do without the Tories or the BBC dictating to him otherwise.

You might be right in heart, they may have just been disagreeing with what I said just for the sake of disagreeig with me

I mean, who wants to be seen agreeing with a far-right, bigoted, Qanon, Conspiracy theorist? It's not good for the image, is it?

Alex Scott getting roasted on Twitter

( check through the comments)

:)

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Well I'll definitely say that I agree with you that the Australians took their lockdown procedures too far imo.

How did we get to the point where the government is commenting on a crisp-slinger's tweets? Aren't there more important things for them to worry about?

Obviously they work on several things at once, but bandwidth being spent on this, isn't being spent on something else.

Tim Davie refusing to say that Gary Linekar would have faced the same consequences if he voiced support for the immigration bill is cringe-inducing. The way he avoided the question really cements the fact that the BBC is just a bunch of tory shills at this point.

This would hinge entirely on if Lineker's contract does specifically state political neutrality in public and I don't think we've seen his contract. It definitely shouldn't be taken "as given" that if you sign a contract with the BBC you're signing up for political neutrality. It's certainly never been the case in the past.

Absolutely right.
Totally agree.

Unlike the awful Home secretary we have, he doesn't talk about these Human beings as if they are unwanted mail or rubbish to be got rid of elsewhere.

He also never ever mentioned the word 'nazi' he was also only on about language used, not individuals.

I'm not a Lineker fan at all but I support him 100% on this.
As for the now rarely impartial BBC and its pandering to the trashy Mail and this shocking dictatorial style government, well that's the real problem here.
The BBC and this government.
Not Lineker.

Your second paragraph sums this all up perfectly for me Mock.

Pretty sure if it did NOT

we would have heard that by now

So its just a breach of contract issue and hopefully he will be terminated

it's a much wider problem than lineker now. BBC staff have downed tools and arent covering any football. Womens football has been zapped today. If the BBC back down, any pretence of impartiality is out the window. If the BBC stand firm, the "strike" will expand.

This just doesn't have a good outcome for the BBC. The only course i see is to terminate linekers contract immediately and try and move on. The stepping back till they agree social media behaviour is feeding the fire

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If his contract says he cannot do that and he has been warned then sack him and every other person involved. No other company would tolerate this

Backing down when you're wrong is not a weakness, but should be seen as a strength.