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Thanks for the reply.

We clearly disagree, but I'm not going to spend all afternoon arguing about it!

 

Wokism at its finest all round. Good stuff.

 

Sorry I disagree on this I don’t really agree with Lineker but as a freelance presenter he is entitled to air his views as is everybody else. This really an instance of some the seriously Woke stuff going on at the moment

 

I don't do twitter so not sure if the above is genuine or a false account but Mark Hughes is employed by Bradford City and IMO he and the players should give their usual post match interviews to us Bradford City fans that's a part of their jobs, How long will this fiasco last if the BBC don't back down or actually sack Lineker if he's been found to have broken the terms of his contract with the BBC.

 

It isn't 'as it is', though, is it?

It's nothing but an attempt to whip up hatred among outrage-porn addicts for cheap political points.

 

The left created cancel culture. But only when it doesnt suit their narrative.

 

As you say quite refreshing to just see the highlights of Premiership games and form our own opinions on what we've seen.

 

Thanks for that. Prefer the BBC and Jamies probing though.

 

Club I'd imagine unless Hughes decides who does what at BD8.

 

I liked it, watched it this morning. Thank you @SimonW for a very good an in-depth analysis on this subject. Gary Lineker is perfectly entitled to his views, but he must not express them whilst working for the BBC.

If the BBC decide to back down, the are done in my view. The reason they are in this mess in the first place is they have allowed or not dealt with them adequately; presenters have been allowed to express their views on Twitter and other platforms. You cannot have the state broadcaster demanding the licence fee or be prosecuted and have lax guidelines on political opinions expressed by presenters. It is clear to me that ppl do not understand impartiality and are confusing it with free speech. Not surprising given the slip sliding and confusion the BBC employ when tackling this issue. Responses to my Twitter input also is alarming in that they believe the Government have done this and the BBC allowed themselves to be bullied.
As I say, not sure how the DG gets around this because he genuinely is between a wall and a hard place. Lineker is playing hard ball, and will demand his contract is paid up, and the BBC will have a hard job of convincing any Court that they are employing a consistent response. If the DG gets sacked, there is a case then for the Government to say, the BBC must find itself.

 

According to @Onside she said both Leeds and Town entertained the BBC I assume by that both teams gave post match interviews, I'm with you keep politics out of our club, maybe the club should make it known if it was Mark Hughes call or was it Ryan Sparks?.

 

Well done City.

 

Whats going on is much more troubling than you make out.

Andrew Neil - editor of the Spector whilst on the BBC free to express his views.

Alan sugar - free to suggest corbyn is a nazi on twitter, free to express his views and still does the apprentice.


Whats so horrid about all this is Gary suggests the policy is akin to 1930s germany and then the government/BBC do exactly what 1930s germany would do… cant wait for this horrid far right gov to get booted out…

 

So standing up against suppression of free speech is “virtue signalling” now?

I thought you lot hated cancel culture with all the “snowflakes” but isn't that exactly what this is?

is “virtue signalling” just a dog whistle for things you don't agree with? Or did you read the daily Heil again?

 

Sums it up nicely for me. Not the country I want to live in and doesn't represent me.

 

They day I take anything or anybody seriously on here I will be trying to find the door

 

Censored...!!

On a different note what I find shameful is all the footballers involved in this controversy were bl00dy good players in their time, and most of us will have enjoyed and praised their efforts playing for club and country, but look at them now, embarrassing...