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

And wouldn't you know it, the daily mail is advertising a caravan the refugees can use:

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You seem to be under the impression that MOTD is football, just like others think Lineker is football....

They're not.

Both can be replaced, so long as that ball keeps being kicked around the stadiums and pitches of the UK.

Lineker, in particular, is highly expendable. He was useful because he was steady and reliable. Nothing spectacular or revolutionary about his talents.

Lineker can be replaced. The fact that he didn't present motd2 shows that he can be replaced.

All these presenters/commentators aren't striking because of Lineker. They are striking because they don't agree with the BBC being able to tell someone to stop having an opinion.

You can already get the highlights to whatever match you want on the internet so I would say it's a pretty small audience.

but they could. there are people in tinfoil hats all over the internet comparing vaccine mandates(?) to nazis and commies.

and they can do so thanks to the fact that they had mandatory vaccines and have access to 5g towers.

Jesus...theyre flying through the highlights

He's probably the biggest name on the BBC alongside Graham Norton : not just some random bloke that does a bit of football presenting.

If Brexit is a disaster, and it seems it certainly has been, then clamping down on illegal immigration is paramount for an economy that is in deep trouble and is experiencing food shortages, an energy crisis, a health system crisis and a housing crisis.

What kind of idiot would think otherwise??? Oh ya, an insufferable football pundit!!

You're completely right, they could clamp down on illegal immigration by restoring the funding to the immigration process so they could actually get the refugees processed in a timely manner and deport those who are there illegally as per their obligations to the human rights charter which the British helped draw up in response to the Nazis.

You know, rather than acting in similar ways to germany in the 30's.

But let's be clear, they were blaming immigrants before brexit and brexit was meant to "solve" all their problems in this area, but it has in fact got worse (because why would any other country bother cooperating with them anymore?).

As said, now they've decided to bring football into it because they are extremely dumb and stupid, a complete own-goal.

It is funny to see Dunphy strawman the argument :) Lineker said none of that, he compared the british government rhetoric to the same the german government were shouting that ended up leading to the Nazi atrocities.

And rather than rebut that, they copied another playbook from 30's Germany by trying to politically influence the BBC. It was an absolutely braindead move from them, they have literally (notice the correct use of the term here) proven what Lineker tweeted about by their response to the tweet.

Satire is dead.

Exactly, it was the major reason that RTE stopped showing their highlights package of the English Premier League and that was a good few years ago now! RTE obviously did their market research looked at the viewing figures and how people consumed soccer through various sources. And concluded it was not worth the expense.

MOTD on the other hand is sort of a British Institution and I would say there would be uproar from certain circles if it was scrapped.

The 'British Institution' vibe from MOTD is major part of the reason of this whole Lineker story. It is the same when England pundits comment on English players they are very slow to criticise 'their own'. For Lineker working within this 'British Institution' is supposed to know his place and not criticise the sitting governments polices.

And I suspect because it is a Conservative government the 'know your place' issue is more stark. Because unlike Ireland where on the whole people of all backgrounds mix to an extent. Britain 'England' is very socially divided with a 'them' and 'us'. That is the undercurrent I am getting from this.

But after all that do the BBC really need a presenter or pundits? I would be happy if the highlights were just shown on their own much quicker!

Arriving in a dingy is pretty much exactly how you'd expect illegal immigrants to arrive.

I directly quoted your post. Everyone can read what you posted. What "sources" are you on about...do you even know what you said just a minute ago even!!

You should probably stop calling other people dumb, just saying!!