Gary Lineker reinstated after BBC suspension for tweet on ‘cruel’ UK refugee policy
on Monday after its suspension of the former England football captain for criticizing state immigration policy brought a public backlash and near mutiny at the public broadcaster.
Some staff, opposition politicians and commentators accused the corporation, which has a mandate to be neutral, of bowing to pressure from the government, prompting Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to urge a swift resolution of the situation.The affair also renewed questions over the credibility of BBC chairman Richard Sharp. He failed to declare facilitating a loan for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson shortly before he was appointed to the role by the government.
“However difficult the last few days have been, it simply doesn’t compare to having to flee your home from persecution or war to seek refuge in a land far away.” Braverman has described the arrival of thousands of asylum seekers on small boats as an “invasion” and said that without a legal change, 100 million people could be entitled to enter.Lineker has previously hosted refugees in his home and co-founded a podcast production company whose shows include the popular “The Rest is Politics.” He had called the new government hardline policy towards boats “immeasurably cruel.
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