the bbc s highest paid presenter gary lineker has been suspended from the corporation s flagship football show after you compare the british government s language on migration to that of germany in the 1930s. broadcaster, which has a strict impartiality guidelines, said the former england footballer would remain suspended until an agreement was reached over his social media use. studio pundits and all six commentators have pulled out of saturday s programme in support. david salitra reports. gary lineker, for more than 20 years, the face of match of the day. but not tomorrow. he has been taken off air by the bbc and his co presenters alan shearer and ian wright will not be appearing either as a mark of solidarity with gary linkup. the reason? these tweets in which he described a statement about immigration policy by the home secretary as beyond awful. he then went on to say it was
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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