america correspondent, tim davey insisted that he would not be resigning. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about that. we re trying very hard to resolve the situation. and make sure that we get output back on air. he is an outstanding broadcaster. he is a brilliant broadcaster and to be clear, success for me is gary gets back on air and together we are giving the audiences that world class sports coverage which, as i say, sorry we have not been able to deliver today. but gary lineker has made lots of comments before. you allowed him to criticise the qatari government on the bbc. why is this different? this is nothing to do with anything to do with the specifics of where a tweet is sent and i will talk in general terms but it is about getting involved
say a few home truths, particularly to some members of this panel. migration to some members of this panel. migration is absolutely essential to our public migration is absolutely essential to our public services, essential to our public services, essential to our businesses, and essential to our economicm economic. applause what we need to do is enter the demonisation of migration. in scotland. demonisation of migration. in scotland, we have a declining working scotland, we have a declining working age population, despite a net number of people moving from the rest of net number of people moving from the rest of the net number of people moving from the rest of the uk to scotland. we need migrants, and this race to the bottom migrants, and this race to the bottom on migrants, and this race to the bottom on migration, driven by nigel farage. bottom on migration, driven by nigel farage, followed by the conservative party. farage, followed by the conservative party. and
resigning. this, i put to him, is becoming unmanageable, and also, you know, is it that you could have done things differently? and i asked him another key question, what if gary lineker had supported the policy of the uk government? remember, his tweet was criticising the uk government policy on migrants, and he wouldn t go into that. he wouldn t go into any hypotheticals as he put it. but, he said that he loves hisjob. he prays gary lineker a lot, he said he is the greatest sports broadcaster but he did not give any details on what is happening with his future, and he said to me that he is absolutely not resigning, has he lost control of the bbc? but he said no.- resigning, has he lost control of the bbc? but he said no. when you start talking the bbc? but he said no. when you start talking about the bbc? but he said no. when you start talking about resignation, - start talking about resignation, it goes beyond sport, it goes beyond