cambridgeshire canary 6,755 Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) *For the time being https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64920557 Edited March 10, 2023 by cambridgeshire canary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,766 Posted March 10, 2023 Just to clarify yet another of your misleading thread titles. Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use, the BBC has said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,755 Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, TIL 1010 said: Just to clarify yet another of your misleading thread titles. Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use, the BBC has said. Whoops did not mean to upset you. Don't worry I'll fix it even though you could have asked a litle nicer 😘 Edited March 10, 2023 by cambridgeshire canary 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drazen Muzinic 1,446 Posted March 10, 2023 This is bo11ocks. Alan Sugar can spout his RW nonsense and still collect Auntie Beeb's sheckels. And he is one of many. But call out this rancid bunch of arseholes in our government for what they really are, and suddenly impartiality is important. 18 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Top corner 228 Posted March 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Drazen Muzinic said: This is bo11ocks. Alan Sugar can spout his RW nonsense and still collect Auntie Beeb's sheckels. And he is one of many. But call out this rancid bunch of arseholes in our government for what they really are, and suddenly impartiality is important. Spot on 👍 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,755 Posted March 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Drazen Muzinic said: This is bo11ocks. Alan Sugar can spout his RW nonsense and still collect Auntie Beeb's sheckels. And he is one of many. But call out this rancid bunch of arseholes in our government for what they really are, and suddenly impartiality is important. Interesting that David Attenborough only today had a documentry that got shut down and not allowed to be shown as it may paint the goverment in a bad light. Very interesting. What a coincidence I'm sure 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drazen Muzinic 1,446 Posted March 10, 2023 Tories are bricking it that the average working-class football fan will start to think about what is actually going on outside of what the Daily Heil is telling them. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,861 Posted March 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, Drazen Muzinic said: This is bo11ocks. Alan Sugar can spout his RW nonsense and still collect Auntie Beeb's sheckels. And he is one of many. But call out this rancid bunch of arseholes in our government for what they really are, and suddenly impartiality is important. Much as I despise this government and find the double standards galling, drawing parallels with N*zi Germany rarely ends well for anyone. It's not a good look. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,755 Posted March 10, 2023 12 minutes ago, Drazen Muzinic said: Tories are bricking it that the average working-class football fan will start to think about what is actually going on outside of what the Daily Heil is telling them. He posts on a football forum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peregrine Shorts 320 Posted March 10, 2023 Ian Wright standing down in solidarity 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,796 Posted March 10, 2023 30 minutes ago, Drazen Muzinic said: This is bo11ocks. Alan Sugar can spout his RW nonsense and still collect Auntie Beeb's sheckels. And he is one of many. But call out this rancid bunch of arseholes in our government for what they really are, and suddenly impartiality is important. Amen to that.👏👍 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drazen Muzinic 1,446 Posted March 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Peregrine Shorts said: Ian Wright standing down in solidarity If they all did this, it would send out an incredible message about the double standards on display. Not sure if Murphy, Jenas and Shearer et al would have the gonads to do it though. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenerationA47 758 Posted March 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, Feedthewolf said: Much as I despise this government and find the double standards galling, drawing parallels with N*zi Germany rarely ends well for anyone. It's not a good look. Fair comment … we mustn’t forget what he actually talked about was the language used “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s” Which is factually spot on. The Nazis deliberately turned the conversation from a question of humanity into one of military conflict waged by the ‘other’ group. The Govt are doing the same. As a good Norwich fan I’ll not be watching MOTD tomorrow in solidarity.. it’ll be a wrench from the usual 😆 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drazen Muzinic 1,446 Posted March 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, Drazen Muzinic said: If they all did this, it would send out an incredible message about the double standards on display. Not sure if Murphy, Jenas and Shearer et al would have the gonads to do it though. Emma Kennedy expresses it in a way I am not allowed to on this forum... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,262 Posted March 10, 2023 This goes to show how much the government has the BBC in its pocket. It will be interesting to see where this goes as there seems a hell of a lot of hypocrisy over who can have an opinion about anything. In other news we've handed over £500m of taxpayer's money to the french to help stop the 'small boats'. I'll expect they'll trouser that and do eff all. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,861 Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, GenerationA47 said: Fair comment … we mustn’t forget what he actually talked about was the language used “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s” Which is factually spot on. The Nazis deliberately turned the conversation from a question of humanity into one of military conflict waged by the ‘other’ group. The Govt are doing the same. As a good Norwich fan I’ll not be watching MOTD tomorrow in solidarity.. it’ll be a wrench from the usual 😆 He has the right to freedom of speech like everyone else, and I applaud him for taking aim at the policy, which I too think is abhorrent. I'm purely saying that, objectively speaking, drawing parallels to Nazi Germany is opening a very dangerous can of worms. If his employer takes issue with that and decides to investigate it, they're perfectly entitled to do so. They believe his comments are in breach of their guidelines, and they'll investigate them. I think it's probably wise for him to take a step back while that process unfolds. EDIT: I mean take a step back from MOTD and his BBC duties. If he wants to double down on his comments and keep fighting the policy, all power to his elbow! Edited March 10, 2023 by Feedthewolf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drazen Muzinic 1,446 Posted March 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Capt. Pants said: This goes to show how much the government has the BBC in its pocket. It will be interesting to see where this goes as there seems a hell of a lot of hypocrisy over who can have an opinion about anything. In other news we've handed over £500m of taxpayer's money to the french to help stop the 'small boats'. I'll expect they'll trouser that and do eff all. They will do nothing. What can they feasibly do? Macron is laughing all the way to la banque Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virtual reality 712 Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) It’s so hard to keep up with these ever changing opinions. It only seemed like yesterday when practically everyone apparently thought Gary was a smug, cheesy, Tax dodging ****. Edited March 10, 2023 by Virtual reality 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,013 Posted March 10, 2023 Garth Crooks has thrown his hat in the ring to take over for an interim period. Wouldn’t be a bad choice and always has something interesting to say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,755 Posted March 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, Virtual reality said: It’s so hard to keep up with these ever changing opinions. It only seemed like yesterday when practically everyone apparently thought Gary was a smug, cheesy *. He always has come across as a bit of a smug **** but I get the feeling this situation may cause Gary to get a little more popular 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,796 Posted March 10, 2023 20 minutes ago, GenerationA47 said: Fair comment … we mustn’t forget what he actually talked about was the language used “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s” Which is factually spot on. The Nazis deliberately turned the conversation from a question of humanity into one of military conflict waged by the ‘other’ group. The Govt are doing the same. As a good Norwich fan I’ll not be watching MOTD tomorrow in solidarity.. it’ll be a wrench from the usual 😆 This too. 👏👍 My long term boycott will be for a political reason now.😀 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pyro Pete 1,907 Posted March 10, 2023 He should punch his producer*. A highly paid show on Amazon Prime will surely follow. (*Obviously, I don't condone violence) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,824 Posted March 10, 2023 10 minutes ago, Midlands Yellow said: Garth Crooks has thrown his hat in the ring to take over for an interim period. Wouldn’t be a bad choice and always has something interesting to say. This is tongue-in-cheek, right? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commonsense 630 Posted March 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, Midlands Yellow said: Garth Crooks has thrown his hat in the ring to take over for an interim period. Wouldn’t be a bad choice and always has something interesting to say. If that is true, it shows that Emma Kennedy was speaking the truth. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Disco Dales Jockstrap 1,898 Posted March 10, 2023 Lineker AND Wright both off the air? What's not to like? Just need Murphy and Shearer to join them and MotD might be worth watching again. OTBC 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,807 Posted March 10, 2023 The only person laughing at this own goal is Putin. Clearly the Tories have been taking lesson in how to 'control' the 'independent' media. First Lineker and now an Attenborough episode. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,796 Posted March 10, 2023 New host lined up. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virtual reality 712 Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Disco Dales Jockstrap said: Lineker AND Wright both off the air? What's not to like? Just need Murphy and Shearer to join them and MotD might be worth watching again. OTBC Fingers crossed Edited March 10, 2023 by Virtual reality 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,755 Posted March 10, 2023 19 minutes ago, Disco Dales Jockstrap said: Lineker AND Wright both off the air? What's not to like? Just need Murphy and Shearer to join them and MotD might be worth watching again. OTBC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites