in his private life so, until this gets sorted out, the relationship between the bbc and freelancers, and the relationship with impartiality guidelines, it s going to go on being damaging to the bbc. gary lineker has previously explained his approach, here on the bbc s media show in 2021. when i write a tweet, i will read it through and if i have a 1% doubt about it, i won t send it. last year, though, the presenter was found to have broken bbc rules over a tweet about the then foreign secretary, urging premier league teams to boycott the champions league final in russia. he asked if her party will hand back their donations from russian donors. the bbc complaints unit ruled he had additional responsibility as a high profile bbc presenter and should avoid taking sides on party political issue. with the bbc under scrutiny, high profile names offered gary lineker their support, including labour s former director of communications, now a presenter of a podcast made