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Match of the Day to air without presenter or pundits after Gary Lineker’s suspension

BBC commentators also refusing to appear after corporation takes its highest-paid presenter off air over impartiality concerns

The Guardian - UK

Gary Lineker off air for Match of the Day after asylum seeker tweets as Ian Wright pulls out

A statement issued by the BBC on Friday said that the ex-footballer, 62, had breached impartiality guidelines.

Daily Record

Gary Lineker will 'step back' from BBC's Match of the Day over social media row

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Gary Lineker steps back from Match of the Day after Twitter row

The presenter has been embroiled in a row over impartiality after comparing the government’s small boats policy with 1930s Germany

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day

BBC issues statement amid impartiality row

Liverpool Echo

Gary Lineker to 'step back' from presenting Match Of The Day

It's until an agreement on his use of social media has been made, the BBC has said - after one of his tweets about the government's new asylum policy sparked furore

Wales Online

Gary Lineker taken off air by BBC as star steps back from Match of the Day

BBC have confirmed Gary Lineker will not present Match of the Day this weekend and say his social media posts were a 'breach of our guidelines', but sources close to the presenter claim the decision to 'step back' from the show was not a joint one

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BBC’s move to pull Gary Lineker off Match of the Day sparks backlash

Lineker’s co-hosts Alan Shearer and Ian Wright withdraw from Saturday’s show in support of Lineker

Evening Standard

'Right-wingers wielding red card over Gary Lineker's migration tweet is deeply ironic'

Brian Reade analyses the issues surrounding Tory outrage over Gary Lineker's recent tweet about the Government's immigration policy

Daily Mirror

Andrew Marr says Tories are 'weirdly obsessive' about the BBC amid Gary Lineker row

Andrew Marr used his LBC show to blast the Tories and the BBC over their response to Gary Lineker's migrant tweet and urged people to 'start talking about something else'

Daily Mirror

Richard Madeley calls Gary Lineker's immigration comments 'stupid' and 'an insult'

RICHARD Madeley has called Gary Lineker’s comparison of the UK Government’s asylum policies to that of Germany’s in the 1930’s “an…

The National (Scotland)

Chris Packham drags Lord Sugar into Gary Lineker BBC row over unearthed tweets

Tweets by Lord Alan Sugar are now being called into question following a row over what BBC stars can and can't say on social media

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak says paying France to stop small boats crossing Channel is a ‘sensible investment’

The prime minister is in Paris for his first summit with Emmanuel Macron as he bids to reset Anglo-French relations

The Independent UK

Sunak defends Government’s asylum policy following criticism from Lineker

The row was sparked by Gary Lineker’s response on Twitter to a Home Office video unveiling plans to stop migrants crossing the Channel.

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Rishi Sunak wades into Gary Lineker row - saying BBC star will be 'proved wrong'

The Match of the Day host branded the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the '30s”

Evening Standard

OPINION - Lineker has played into Tory hands: for them, a row on migrants is good

Gary Lineker has had quite the week. Let’s deal first with the claims that the much-loved commentator should be sacked because, as his critics say, he has broken BBC impartiality rules and angered licence-fee payers because he expressed his views on political matters. Arguments in his defence are clear to…

Evening Standard

Foreign Secretary says Gary Lineker must study ‘history books’ amid asylum row

The Foreign Secretary has suggested Gary Lineker needs to study the “history books” after he compared language used in the Government’s new asylum policy to Thirties Germany.

Daily Mirror

Former BBC host Jason Manford throws support behind Gary Lineker over immigration remarks

Former BBC One Show host Jason Manford wades in on Gary Lineker's immigration comments in support of the former football star amid speculation BBC 'frank conversation'

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Foreign Secretary in fresh swipe at Gary Lineker as Tories refuse to let it go

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly became the latest minister to hit out at the Match of the Day presenter, saying he needs to "study history books" after comparing language around the Government's asylum policy to 1930s Germany

Wales Online

Gary Lineker hints he will avoid BBC suspension over government policy tweet

Football presenter tweeted that he was 'looking forward' to being on our screens on Saturday evening to present Match of the Day

Daily Mirror

Gary Lineker hints he will escape BBC suspension over Government policy tweet

Gary Lineker suggested he will not be reprimanded by the BBC for his political tweet and was 'looking forward' to being on our screens on Saturday evening to present Match of the Day

Daily Mirror

GMB's Richard Madeley weighs in on Gary Lineker's 'stupid' Nazi Germany comments

Richard Madeley gave his verdict on Gary Lineker's Nazi Germany comments on BBC's Question Time tonight, describing them as 'stupid' but also insisting Gary was entitled to 'free speech'

Manchester Evening News

'They are a party of goal hangers': Tory minister mocked for 'cringey and embarrassing' football analogy as she launches attack on Labour and Gary Lineker

"Clearly Penny Mordaunt doesn’t watch a lot of football"

Daily Mirror

Piers Morgan says Gary Lineker victim of 'Clarkson style witch hunt' as he blasts BBC

Piers Morgan says many who slammed Jeremy Clarkson last year over his controversial Meghan Markle column are now defending Gary Lineker's right to free speech, amid the ongoing drama between the Match of the Day presenter and his BBC employers

Daily Mirror

'Jeremy Hunt’s Budget panto faces unhappy end when it comes off the rails like HS2'

Paul Routledge on what we can expect from Jeremy Hunt's first Budget, with him set to put an end to the 'calamity' of soaring energy prices. But will this be enough to appease public opinion?

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