[Football] Gary Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD

[Titanic]

Gary Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD

Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day until agreement reached on social media use - BBC statement

www.bbc.co.uk

Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use - BBC statement.
It follows an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the government's new asylum policy.
In a tweet, the presenter had compared the language used by the government to set out its plan to "that used by Germany in the 30s".

 

[The Clamp]

Every time I see this thread it annoys me as I think he has jogged on and then realise it's the same thread.

How bad is your memory?

 

[Crawley Dingo]

Great coverage apart from the repeated interpretation that Brighton are a "conveyer belt" for players onto bigger and better things.

That's almost every club, surely?

Translates to, "How dare a team like Brighton have so many quality players, they will all be sold to proper big clubs soon".

 

[Thunder Bolt]

A Hampshire councillor resigned over a racist tweet.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

A Hampshire councillor resigned over a racist tweet.

Typical small-minded Tory.

 

[A1X]

Woah woah woah…a Tory councillor saying racist things? Now I’ve seen everything.

 

[worthingseagull123]

He has won his tax battle today against HMRC. Cost the taxpayer nearly £5,000,000.

Personal greed and tax avoidance doesn’t apply to glorious Gary though.

Revealed: scheme that let Gary Lineker avoid tax on Barbados home

British stars including Match of the Day host have bought property via offshore arrangement causing controversy on island

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bold Seagull]

He has won his tax battle today against HMRC. Cost the taxpayer nearly £5,000,000.

Personal greed and tax avoidance doesn’t apply to glorious Gary though.

Revealed: scheme that let Gary Lineker avoid tax on Barbados home

British stars including Match of the Day host have bought property via offshore arrangement causing controversy on island

www.theguardian.com

Your statement and link bare no correlation to each other.

 

[Brovion]

Your statement and link bare no correlation to each other.

No they don't. I was 100% behind him in the MoTD row, but at the end of the day he's still a rich bastard and like all rich bastards he should pay his f***ing tax and not try and find clever ways of paying less. Just because he says the right things doesn't make him still one of 'us'. He's a class traitor.

1970s Socialist rant over!

 

[Guinness Boy]

He has won his tax battle today against HMRC. Cost the taxpayer nearly £5,000,000.

Personal greed and tax avoidance doesn’t apply to glorious Gary though.

Revealed: scheme that let Gary Lineker avoid tax on Barbados home

British stars including Match of the Day host have bought property via offshore arrangement causing controversy on island

www.theguardian.com

Firstly that link is five years old. What he's done today is sucessfully defend an action by HMRC regarding his IR35 status between 2013 and 2017. Here's a useful link https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/lineker-wins-appeal-over-49-million-pounds-tax-bill-2023-03-28/

Secondly, if you're a Brighton fan and dislike hypocrisy then I'd be VERY careful what you say about very rich people and overseas property.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

No they don't. I was 100% behind him in the MoTD row, but at the end of the day he's still a rich bastard and like all rich bastards he should pay his f***ing tax and not try and find clever ways of paying less. Just because he says the right things doesn't make him still one of 'us'. He's a class traitor.

1970s Socialist rant over!

HMRC tried to say he was employed by the BBC, but he says he is self employed, working for BT and Walkers as well. It has always been the case that self employed people have more tax allowances.
It's not the first time HMRC have wasted money going after self employed television presenters.

Maybe they should ask how a Prime Minister earning millions each year only pays half a million in income tax.

 

[A1X]

Your statement and link bare no correlation to each other.

He probably didn't expect anyone to actually click the link TBH, he was here for the performative outrage

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

HMRC tried to say he was employed by the BBC, but he says he is self employed, working for BT and Walkers as well. It has always been the case that self employed people have more tax allowances.
It's not the first time HMRC have wasted money going after self employed television presenters.

Maybe they should ask how a Prime Minister earning millions each year only pays half a million in income tax.

So the recent row with the BBC which ended with them confirming that he was outside of their employee code of conduct couldn't have done his defence any harm then

 

[nicko31]

Decent listen this week, such a nice bloke. The nonsense of a couple of weeks ago is covered

 

[Bold Seagull]

Firstly that link is five years old. What he's done today is sucessfully defend an action by HMRC regarding his IR35 status between 2013 and 2017. Here's a useful link https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/lineker-wins-appeal-over-49-million-pounds-tax-bill-2023-03-28/

Secondly, if you're a Brighton fan and dislike hypocrisy then I'd be VERY careful what you say about very rich people and overseas property.

Trouble for HMRC was that it was so difficult to establish he had other contracts with other companies...like turning on the TV once in a while...

 

[Eeyore]

Person-'I need to set up my business'
Accountant- 'Do it in this way otherwise you will pay more tax than you need to'
Person-'But I want to do it in a way that I pay more tax'

Said no-one.. ever.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Person-'I need to set up my business'
Accountant- 'Do it in this way otherwise you will pay more tax than you need to'
Person-'But I want to do it in a way that I pay more tax'

Said no-one.. ever.

As has been said before, forget the legal definitions, there is a fine line MORALLY between tax avoidance and tax evasion.

 

[Eeyore]

As has been said before, forget the legal definitions, there is a fine line MORALLY between tax avoidance and tax evasion.

I'm not going to get preachy. I used a solicitor to legitimately and legally make sure I paid the minimum of tax on an unexpected income. I didn't think it was immoral at all. I would have thought many would query that- until it affects them. I've always commented on how good us English are at hypocrisy.

 

[WATFORD zero]

As has been said before, forget the legal definitions, there is a fine line MORALLY between tax avoidance and tax evasion.

Since it appears that @worthingseagull123 has retired after posting his link to a 5 year old article, it's good to see someone else picking up the 'Boris Baton' and trying to stumble forward with it, in order to give these wokes hell

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

As has been said before, forget the legal definitions, there is a fine line MORALLY between tax avoidance and tax evasion.

Surely you know that which side of that fine line a situation lies depends upon the person or organization being discussed ?

 

[The Clamp]

I like Gary’s standpoint on the Tory’s immigration law and his refusal to apologise.

Loathe his standpoint on fair taxation and Qatar.