sitting in the match of the day studio, i will not be replacing gary lineker, and it was presenters, pundits, commentators, and even players there was a great deal of support. and the interesting thing is, there are two elements to this. there are people who support gary lineker s politics and oppose gary lineker s politics and oppose gary lineker s politics, and then there is another issue does he have a right to say what he wanted to say, or should hejust right to say what he wanted to say, or should he just shut up because right to say what he wanted to say, or should hejust shut up because he is on the bbc? i think those are separate issues, and a lot of people think, you know what, i love him as a sports presenter, i think you should be allowed to say what he wants to say, and a lot of people think, if you are paid that amount of money and you are the face of the bbc, i think you should be impartial. bbc, i think you should be impartial- bbc, i think you should be impartial.
ripped up by people like lee anderson and the home secretary are going to surpass a proper strategy to meet the needs of the country, and i suspect what happened over the weekend is a lot of these mps have gone back to the constituencies and their children and their friends and neighbours and constituents have said to them what on earth are you people trying to do! think this is a good day for the bbc because it has shown it can stand up to the kind of right wing creeping authoritarianism which this governing these governing party are in the group because of an extremist fringe that has taken over. i m very pleased for gary, i m especially pleased that his very first game back in the chair will involve burnley football club, and i hope that the burnley fans willjoin me in the away end singing gary s name before we turn to the more serious matter of beating manchester city. away from
between the sports presenter gary lineker and the bbc. in the last few minutes, we have had this statement from director general of the bbc, tim davie. everyone recognises this has been a difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters and, most importantly, our audiences. i apologise for this. the potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the bbc s social media guidance that was introduced in 2020 is recognised. i want to get matters resolved and our sport content back on air. impartiality is important to the bbc. it is also important to the public. the bbc has a commitment to impartiality in its charter and a commitment to freedom of expression. that is a difficult balancing act to get right where people are subject to different contracts and on air positions, and with different audience and social media profiles. the bbc s social media guidance is designed to help manage these sometimes difficult challenges, and i am aware there is a need to ensure that t
in that. he stood on the platform with joe in that. he stood on the platform withjoejohnson, in that. he stood on the platform with joe johnson, boris johnson s brother, when withjoejohnson, borisjohnson s brother, when he came out against the government s policy. going forward, would the government s policy. going forward, would it the government s policy. going forward, would it not the government s policy. going forward, would it not be - the government s policy. going forward, would it not be better| the government s policy. going forward, would it not be better for forward, would it not be betterfor him to refrain from tweeting or talking about political issues if he wants to maintain his position covering football? wants to maintain his position covering football? well, i think. look, i think covering football? well, i think. look, i think gary covering football? well, i think. look, i think gary in covering football? well, i think. look, i think gary in recent - cov