Gary Lineker is back in his job as presenter of Match of the Day. He’s also back on Twitter commenting on the activities of Tory MPs. The BBC host has hit out at Tory MP Jonathan Gullis, who accused Lineker of being a member of the ‘Twitterati’. Gullis also said of Lineker:
‘Those are the (type of) people I don’t care about upsetting. Those are the people who want to call people up here racist, bigots, Nazis, like Gary Lineker has done…’
Lineker denied the accusation – and said Gullis’s words are ‘outrageous and dangerously provocative’.
“Boris has a star quality that no other politician… could even get close to.”
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) March 14, 2023
Tory MP Jonathan Gullis discusses the state of ‘red wall’ Conservative constituencies with Paul McNamara, as our exclusive poll finds that they would lose all 45 seats. pic.twitter.com/Urgj6bDgg5
Lineker’s tweet is one of the first he has written since his suspension was lifted by BBC boss Tim Davie. Lineker was briefly given the boot from hosting Match of the Day after he lashed out against the Tories’ Channel migration policy. Lineker wrote of Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s plan:
‘There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. 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?’
His suspension sparked a walkout among Lineker’s fellow BBC football presenters. Let’s hope this latest Twitter spat doesn’t lead to another walkout…
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