MOTD

[Footy-Vill]

Talksport are Saying:

Match of the Day to be 20-minutes long with no commentary as grovelling BBC ‘don’t have Premier League world feed rights’

[Ian.]

I know that but it’s aired on the BBC. Surely though, not been able to take any form of criticism is the problem here? A Government is never going to please everyone, so making such a song and dance over Lineker is just ridiculous and helping hide the fact that they are in a right mess and we’re all having to live through it until they are removed.

If they let Lineker have his say though, then they have to let everybody else do the same, and then you risk having what makes the BBC unique disappear.  I can get plenty of partisan opinions from the rest of the mainstream media.

Maybe the BBC need to remove the Orwell statue and message from their own site and not have those that are running it so heavily involved with the Conservative Party if it is supposed to be so impartial.

It’s not like he said what he said while hosting MOTD.

[olaftab]

Left wing, right wing  can we not just agree Lineker is a complete wanker?

The post above about <removed> sums him up

No, he is not a wanker and please don’t include the rest of us in your silly comments. Anyone who is prepared to give up their means of earning to fight for a cause has to be admired.

[eamonn]

He's not a wanker but his terrific to terrible pun-ratio is like 1 to 5 at best.

[simboy]

The reality is that Tory attack dogs saw an opportunity to take the spotlight off the minutiae of the “small boats”, reinforcing generally positive headlines by interpreting Lineker in the way they did, whilst at the same time bashing another regular target, the BBC. It seems to have rather backfired. A generally “good week” for the government has fallen apart spectacularly.

[garyellis]

The reality is that Tory attack dogs saw an opportunity to take the spotlight off the minutiae of the “small boats”, reinforcing generally positive headlines by interpreting Lineker in the way they did, whilst at the same time bashing another regular target, the BBC. It seems to have rather backfired. A generally “good week” for the government has fallen apart spectacularly.

This 100%

[RamboandBruno]

Left wing, right wing  can we not just agree Lineker is a complete wanker?

The post above about <removed> sums him up

No, he is not a wanker and please don’t include the rest of us in your silly comments. Anyone who is prepared to give up their means of earning to fight for a cause has to be admired.

Well said.

[olaftab]

Karren Brady isn’t a BBC presenter though, she’s merely part of an entertainment programme that the BBC pay for, made by an independent production company, so the same rules don’t apply.

The same was true of Michel Roux Jr which is why I mentioned his suspension and sacking over advertising Albert Bartlett potatoes.  And Baroness Brady also uses the BBC brand to promote herself through The Apprentice and as such is responsible to the same rules and regs as other presenters.  She is a co-presenter on The Apprentice.

The Apprentice isn’t made by the BBC, it’s made by a third party company called MGM television. The BBC’s contract is with them, and not Alan Sugar or Karren Brady. They’re not presenters, they’re just paid stars on an entertainment programme. It’s a different situation entirely.

Whilst Brady has some profile away from the Apprentice, Sugar will be a nonentity without appearing on BBC. No one would care what he has to say and he will get no press coverage. So when he tweeted about Johnson, Labour and RMT etc he violated his BBC gained recognition. Same as Lineker.

[Rory]

Left wing, right wing  can we not just agree Lineker is a complete wanker?

The post above about <removed> sums him up

No, he is not a wanker and please don’t include the rest of us in your silly comments. Anyone who is prepared to give up their means of earning to fight for a cause has to be admired.

Well said.

Absolutely.

[Risso]

Never thought I’d see the good folk of H&V so keen on a multi-millionaire tax avoider.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

The reality is that Tory attack dogs saw an opportunity to take the spotlight off the minutiae of the “small boats”, reinforcing generally positive headlines by interpreting Lineker in the way they did, whilst at the same time bashing another regular target, the BBC. It seems to have rather backfired. A generally “good week” for the government has fallen apart spectacularly.

Perception is everything in terms of political popularity. If the feeling is "The tories are spoiling the footy on the telly" that can stick like the Trussenomics fiasco come election time.

[Clark W Griswold]

Left wing, right wing  can we not just agree Lineker is a complete wanker?

The post above about <removed> sums him up

No, he is not a wanker and please don’t include the rest of us in your silly comments. Anyone who is prepared to give up their means of earning to fight for a cause has to be admired.

You can fight a cause without using the language that has caused the controversy, and led to the action. And if you think that he thought he’d lose his job over it I’d say you’re giving him too much credit. I think he’s so arrogant that he thought the rules don’t apply to him, and it wouldn’t be an issue. He suggested as such to the press.

[Risso]

It’s been suggested in certain quarters that he’s been using his Twitter posting as a weapon in his battle against HMRC.

[olaftab]

Never thought I’d see the good folk of H&V so keen on a multi-millionaire tax avoider.

Haha…that is true. What’s happening to us😥?

[RamboandBruno]

Left wing, right wing  can we not just agree Lineker is a complete wanker?

The post above about <removed> sums him up

No, he is not a wanker and please don’t include the rest of us in your silly comments. Anyone who is prepared to give up their means of earning to fight for a cause has to be admired.

You can fight a cause without using the language that has caused the controversy, and led to the action. And if you think that he thought he’d lose his job over it I’d say you’re giving him too much credit. I think he’s so arrogant that he thought the rules don’t apply to him, and it wouldn’t be an issue. He suggested as such to the press.

Which bit of the language he used offends you out of interest?