BBC Director General Tim Davie says he won't resign over the Gary Lineker impartiality row, as the Match of the Day program goes to air without commentary. Read more here:
Gary Lineker has been told to stay off-air after he criticised the UK's asylum seeker policy.
The BBC said it considered Lineker's "recent social media activity to be a breach of our guidelines", adding he should avoid taking sides on political issues."The BBC has decided that he will step back from presenting Match Of The Day until we've got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media," the broadcaster said in a statement.
He also described the policy as "beyond awful" on a retweet of a post with a video of Interior Minister Suella Braverman talking about the proposed law. Stopping the boats is the "people's priority", Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the House of Commons earlier this week, vowing also to "break the criminal gangs" profiting from the journeys.But rights groups and the United Nations said the legislation would make Britain an international outlaw under European and UN conventions on asylum.
"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. Fellow pundit Alan Shearer, another former England striker, also said he would not appear on the show as many other broadcasters spoke up on Lineker's behalf.BBC director-general Tim Davie warned staff about their use of social media when he took on the role at the end of 2020.
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