[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".

 

[Is it PotG?]

Are you still plugging the 'Lineacre' theme, or have you given up yet?
I would keep on ploughing away. You'll bag a response at some point.

Q.E.D.

 

[Guinness Boy]

 

[BadFish]

Are you still plugging the 'Lineacre' theme, or have you given up yet?
I would keep on ploughing away. You'll bag a response at some point.

We have some rubbish Trolls on here.

 

[Wozza]

So long as he makes publicity out of it, who cares?

He wrote a Tweet.

The BBC chose to make it lead story on the BBC1 evening news, Radio 4 etc.

 

[Is it PotG?]

With 31 posts on this thread already, you do.

Just amazed 1) how naïve folks can be and 2) how sad to look such stats up.

 

[chickens]

Yet it's taken a Crisp salesman with a dodgy toe to alert us to our impending dangers.

Thank you for your valuable contribution.

 

[Insel affe]

We went to Jewish museums, also a Communist museum, in Prague last week. More people should immerse themselves in these things from time to time. Lessons never to be forgotten on unimaginable cruelty, loss of liberties, also giving a sense of perceptive and where we’re so lucky just now.

You say “we” are so lucky now, but let’s not forget that yet again in Europe people are being oppressed and attacked by a totalitarian regime, just like the Nazis.

I am firmly free speech even if I don’t agree with it, which in this case, I’m not offended but can see both points of view.
Lineaker is using his popularity for good not evil, and well done Ian Wright & Alan Shearer, for standing up for what they believe.

 

[Guinness Boy]

No presenters or pundits will feature on Saturday's MOTD - BBC​

No presenters or pundits will feature on Saturday's Match of the Day programme, a BBC spokesperson says.
Saturday's Match of the Day programme will "focus on match action without studio presentation or punditry", they say.

Presumably they can't find anyone to take over? I wonder why?

Apparently the final section tomorrow will be a “biggest own goal” montage featuring Suella Braverman, the BBC senior management and @Is it PotG?

 

[Silverhatch]

These (version of the) Tories are so SHIT at politics that they deserve to be utterly wiped out at the next election. Abhorrent ideology and very f***ing useless at reading any ‘normal’ room

 

[Acker79]

A touch of levity...

 

[Is it PotG?]

Apparently the final section tomorrow will be a “biggest own goal” montage featuring Suella Braverman, the BBC senior management and @Is it PotG?

Thank you.

 

[Icy Gull]

If you don't like the MOTD format there are already numerous other ways to see highlights on a Saturday these days, inc official goal clips on YouTube, and numerous Sky highlights shows running all evening/night.

Reality is, millions tune in to watch MOTD for an overview of the day's play, and to find how their team is represented (or misrepresented ) to millions of other fans.

Love it or hate it, it's pretty compelling.

Shame the Tory BBC have killed it this week. Hope it's back soon.

Selfish I know but I don‘t care why others tune in. I can record it and watch at leisure without having to search out highlights. I think no Lineker and no analysis of where things have gone right or wrong may well be ideal for me

There will 100% be more football and less waffle though

We’ll see how it pans out

 

[BadFish]

Apparently the final section tomorrow will be a “biggest own goal” montage featuring Suella Braverman, the BBC senior management and @Is it PotG?

It will be nice for @Is it PotG? to get the attention he is craving

 

[Is it PotG?]

It will be nice for @Is it PotG? to get the attention he is craving

Desperate.

 

[GrizzlingGammon]

Just amazed 1) how naïve folks can be and 2) how sad to look such stats up.

Someone got found out and doesn't like it

 

[BadFish]

Desperate.

Sorry, desperately craving

 

[Guinness Boy]

If you don't like the MOTD format there are already numerous other ways to see highlights on a Saturday these days, inc official goal clips on YouTube, and numerous Sky highlights shows running all evening/night.

Reality is, millions tune in to watch MOTD for an overview of the day's play, and to find how their team is represented (or misrepresented ) to millions of other fans.

Love it or hate it, it's pretty compelling.

Shame the Tory BBC have killed it this week. Hope it's back soon.

Spot on

 

[Icy Gull]

He wrote a Tweet.

The BBC chose to make it lead story on the BBC1 evening news, Radio 4 etc.

Would you be comfortable with Albion players expressing their political views via Twitter?

 

[Machiavelli]

It suggests more than just one policy …. but a multitude …going back to the repeal of the Town and Country Act of 1947..and the effect of that and another one passed in 1961 (the name of which escapes me)….concentration of house building in the hands of a powerful few (Tory donors)…sitting on land banks (to increase profit), rather than building houses and make a profit just that way … with many small house builders going bust in 2008…..etc etc ..a lot of angles discussed but i am only 50% of the way through.

I'm not surprised Halligan says that, he likes to be contrarian. The data on housebuilding in 20C is widely known and key info widely available. See, for instance:

House building in England - Full Fact

Our overview of the supply and demand for homes in England.

fullfact.org

Also see this, which is interesting. Key chart is on p31 to indicate ownership models. One policy is key:

https://www.nhbcfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NF62-Homes-through-the-decades.pdf

 

[Springal]

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