I stand with Gary Lineker Ian Wright, Alan Shearer and Alex Scott The BBC should be ashamed. The head of the BBC is a Conservative Party doner who has given them £400,000.
Another nail in the coffin for free speech, this country is becoming a laughing stock and if no one can’t see that we are being run by a bunch of far right racist bar stewards then you are delusional
The BBC needs defunding. It is nothing but a publicly funded Tory propaganda machine headed by a Tory backer
I think the backlash has only just started, mate. It’s fast becoming the BBC under scrutiny, not Lineker or even the Tories. This will run & run.
I truly hope so. The Tory twunts have divided and conquered this country between racists and non racists. This is probably the only thing they have been successful at in their 13 years
& now about to cop it on other fronts. I like the BBC, but it needs a good kick up the arse. How can they sit in judgement over Sir Dave, never mind Lineker..? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2...c-wild-isles-episode-rightwing-backlash-fears
It’s important we have a national broadcaster, but it’s also important that they are not in the pocket of the government. That’s what impartiality means, not controlled by the government, not being silenced when criticising the government.
It would be nice to see fans at Premier League games tomorrow showing some solidatory with this. Maybe a few Linekar chants or even a timed gesture at some point during the games?
I can’t see that, to be honest. Maybe the odd banner at Leicester or Tottenham. Too many deluded brexit gammons, who think the beeb is actually left leaning..
Top tip: STOP your critics from accusing you of behaving like 1930s Germany by seizing control of the national broadcaster and silencing them. I stole this off twitter
It doesn't need defunding. It just needs to be allowed to be run independently of the government of the day with non partisan controllers and a return to reporting the news with intelligence.
Sunak will be livid. He only wanted to meet Macron at the Elysee Palace for the photo opps and they’re not going to be seen by anyone at this rate.