Gary Lineker will reportedly not be facing any disciplinary action from the BBC over his criticism of the Government’s small boats policy. The Match of The Day presenter said earlier today he 'stands by' his comments.
He’s since faced intense backlash including from Tory MPs, but today stated thatA source said: ‘We have spoken to Gary and he won’t face any disciplinary action.’: ‘From our perspective the situations has been resolved now and we want him to get back to what he’s best at, which is being a brilliant sports presenter.’supports HTML5 video
The footballer-turned-pundit had responded to a video by Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Twitter in which she called to ‘stop the boats’ with a new Illegal Migration Bill, calling it an ‘immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s.’‘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?’
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