Rishi Sunak has said his crackdown on Channel migrants remains the right thing to do as Gary Lineker's suspension forced Match of the Day to be a silent 20 minute programme.
Lineker was pictured at the King Power Stadium with a friend as boyhood club Leicester fell to defeat against Chelsea.A government source told the newspaper: "For millionaire TV presenters to patronise the British people and tell them what they should care about is a real insult."
Pundits Alex Scott and Final Score host Jason Mohammad pulled out on Saturday morning after Lineker was taken from the air over tweets criticising the government's latest migrants policy. Live football broadcasting on the BBC radio has been replaced with repeats of pre-recorded material. Mainstays including Dion Dublin and Colin Murray have said they will not be appearing this weekend.
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey said the sage showed the broadcaster needed "to urgently protect its independence.Jason Mohammad will not present Final Score.On Friday it was announced that Lineker had been taken off Match of the Day until an agreement is reached over his social media use, after he criticised the government in a series of tweets earlier in the week, comparing language used to launch new government asylum policy with "that used by Germany in the 30s".
Regular pundits Jermaine Jenas and Micah Richards said though they weren't scheduled to appear, they would have sat out Saturday's show if they had been asked. "However, in the circumstances we do not feel it would be appropriate to take part in the programme."
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