Has the BBC become a Tory tool?

The BBC have suspended Lineker "For breaking their guidelines on impartiality". The point is, not what he tweeted per se, but whether, under his contract, he is allowed to comment on political matters.
It is a matter of fact if he signed up to any restrictive covenant or not.
 
Linekers a prick.

We REALLY do have a huge problem with illegal immigration. We cant have boat loads coming over without any sort of limits or checks. We have to do something, we need to find the ones who need our help and restrict the ones that dont.
Lineker saying what he said isnt a help.
 
arcademik70 said:
Like Neville and others, Lineker uses his media profile to air political views. I've no problem with that. He works for a national broadcaster though and so there is a difference. Jump to itv or go back to BT and no problem for me. But you don't get two be in BBC as it is and use it to sell your own message.

Personally I wouldn't employ anyone who refused to work on the football today if they were contracted to. Give opportunity to others and let them find their feet. Let the football be the product, not the personality. Not that there's a single person I'd miss from the list of people who have withdrawn.

Potential to be the least biased and most informative motd in years if they manage it right.
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Revert to what it was years ago, no punditry, highlights would be twice as long. Five minutes showing the match then five minutes of let's chat shit. Give me ten minutes of the match.
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
The BBC have suspended Lineker "For breaking their guidelines on impartiality". The point is, not what he tweeted per se, but whether, under his contract, he is allowed to comment on political matters.
It is a matter of fact if he signed up to any restrictive covenant or not.
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It’s not going to be as straightforward as that though, is it? Any restrictive covenant is not going to expressly state that he cannot tweet about comparing the UK government to Nazis. I expect it will be worded in such a way as to allow for interpretation and argument.
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Linekers a prick.

We REALLY do have a huge problem with illegal immigration. We cant have boat loads coming over without any sort of limits or checks. We have to do something, we need to find the ones who need our help and restrict the ones that dont.
Lineker saying what he said isnt a help.
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It is not a huge problem at all, the tories have a massive backlog of claims of their own making , 75% of those assessed are granted leave to stay , the are hyping up the numbers coming here in boats to dog whistle , racist, brexitiers and right wingers in the hope they will back them at the next election , they could clear the backlog but they actually dont want to as it doesnt suit them to do it

Again , gary is talking about the language being used , he is correct
 
Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
The BBC have suspended Lineker "For breaking their guidelines on impartiality". The point is, not what he tweeted per se, but whether, under his contract, he is allowed to comment on political matters.
It is a matter of fact if he signed up to any restrictive covenant or not.
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But they didn't when he was impartially tweeting stuff they supported.

This is China level stuff. Only allowed to say what the govn likes?!
 
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