Gary Lineker, the BBC’s flagship presenter, was suspended on Friday following a tweet against the British government. Several presenters opted out of their programs in support of the former England captain. The BBC, for its part, asserts its desire for impartiality among its representatives.
Par Chloe Goudenhooft
Cis the story of a tweet gone wrong. Gary Lineker, the former international footballer and BBC sports journalist, was barred from presenting the show Match Of The Day of this Saturday for having criticized the action of the British government on the social network Twitter.
The legendary UK presenter first retweeted a video of Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Tuesday (March 7) explaining the new immigration bill, calling the policy “beyond awful”. .
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