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11-03-2023, 03:44 PM
March 11, 20238:02 AM GMT+8Last Updated 4 hours ago
By Kylie Maclellan and James Davey
LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - Former England soccer captain Gary Lineker has been taken off air by the BBC after his comments on Britain's migration policy sparked a furious row between the government and the corporation's highest paid presenter.
Lineker was told there has to be an agreed position on his use of social media before he can return
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On Tuesday, Britain announced details of a new law which would see migrants arriving in small boats across the Channel prevented from claiming asylum and deported either back to their homeland or to so-called safe third countries.
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Lineker, who has previously hosted refugees in his home, retweeted a post featuring a video of interior minister Suella Braverman talking about the law, with the comment "Good heavens, this is beyond awful".
Challenged by a respondent, he said: "This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I'm out of order?"
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BBC said it considered his recent social media activity to be a breach of its guidelines.
"We have never said that Gary should be an opinion free zone, or that he can’t have a view on issues that matter to him, but we have said that he should keep well away from taking sides on party political issues or political controversies," it added.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/lineker...023-03-10/
By Kylie Maclellan and James Davey
LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - Former England soccer captain Gary Lineker has been taken off air by the BBC after his comments on Britain's migration policy sparked a furious row between the government and the corporation's highest paid presenter.
Lineker was told there has to be an agreed position on his use of social media before he can return
......
On Tuesday, Britain announced details of a new law which would see migrants arriving in small boats across the Channel prevented from claiming asylum and deported either back to their homeland or to so-called safe third countries.
......
Lineker, who has previously hosted refugees in his home, retweeted a post featuring a video of interior minister Suella Braverman talking about the law, with the comment "Good heavens, this is beyond awful".
Challenged by a respondent, he said: "This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I'm out of order?"
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BBC said it considered his recent social media activity to be a breach of its guidelines.
"We have never said that Gary should be an opinion free zone, or that he can’t have a view on issues that matter to him, but we have said that he should keep well away from taking sides on party political issues or political controversies," it added.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/lineker...023-03-10/
