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much of the day will go ahead without a presenter, pundits or any regular commentators later today. it comes after the corporation s highest paid presenter gary lineker was suspended over his social media use. he criticised the language used by the british government to describe its new asylum policy which the bbc says breached its strict impartiality guidelines. our media correspondent reports. we ve got big games at both ends of the table. gary lineker, the face of match of the day for more than 20 years, but not tonight. the bbc says he s crossed the line with his recent tweets. also missing will be ian wright and alan shearer, who have pulled out in solidarity with their colleague. and a number of commentators and players have also indicated they won t be contributing. the trigger for all of this, gary lineker s recent tweets, one of which described a statement from the home secretary as, beyond awful. the bbc says he s broken the rules on impartiality.
is not true. they cannot afford a second one but there were three or four other banks over the last few days and banks around the world have been impacted so the worry is this is a thing of dominoes with one falls and the danger is the rest go and i don t want that to be true but we need to be watching that story and monday will be crucial. irate watching that story and monday will be crucial. will be crucial. we will be watching will be crucial. we will be watching that will be crucial. we will be watching that closely, - watching that closely, professor danny blanchflower joining us. the bbc s highest paid presenter gary lineker has been suspended from the corporation s flagship football show after he compared the british government s language on migration to that of germany in the 1930s. the broadcaster, which has strict impartiality guidelines, said the former england footballer would remain suspended until an agreement was reached over his social media use. in a show of suppo
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language regarding its asylum plans was not disimilar to that used by germany in the 1930s. the bbc has impartiality guidelines that requires bbc staff and presenters to keep personal views private. this includes making public comments, including on social media, that could compromise perceptions of bbc impartiality. today the corporation said it is having a frank conversation with him about the tweet. here s our culture editor katie razzall. has gary lineker, one of the bbc s most high profile presenters, broken bbc impartiality rules? terming the government s new immigration plans beyond awful on twitter, the match of the day presenter then responded to a critic, calling the policy immeasurably cruel, adding that the language used is not dissimilar to that used by germany in the 1930s that, of course, was when the nazis were rising to power. the home secretary hit back. i m disappointed, obviously. i think it s unhelpful to compare our measures,