LONDON, March 11 ― Former England football captain Gary Lineker has been taken off air by the BBC after his comments on Britain's migration policy sparked a furious row...
LONDON, March 11 ― Former England football captain Gary Lineker has been taken off air by the BBC after his comments on Britain's migration policy sparked a furious row between the government and the corporation's highest paid presenter.
“Gary Lineker off air is an assault on free speech in the face of political pressure,” the opposition Labour party said, calling for the BBC to re-think its decision.The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said: “Individual cases are a matter for the BBC.”On Tuesday, Britain announced details of a new law which would see migrants arriving in small boats across the Channel prevented from claiming asylum and deported either back to their homeland or to so-called safe third countries.
Challenged by a respondent, he said: “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?” The Bectu union, which represents thousands of BBC workers, said the corporation's move was “deeply concerning”.
The BBC, funded by what is in effect a £159 annual “licence fee” tax on all television-watching households, has a central presence in British cultural life. It says it is committed to being politically impartial.
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