Gary Lineker: Key events in career of footballer and presenter
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. – March 10: Tensions mounted as then-prime minister Rishi Sunak defended the government’s policy as “the right approach” against criticism from Lineker which led to a high-profile impartiality row at the BBC. Confirming Lineker would return to Match Of The Day, Mr Davie said the presenter “will abide by the editorial guidelines” until a review of the BBC’s social media policy was complete. – March 16: Lineker believed he had a “special agreement” with the BBC director-general to tweet about refugees and immigration, his agent Jon Holmes wrote in The New Statesman, saying the impartiality row resulting from Lineker’s online action had “collapsed into a shambles” despite his efforts to have everyone “calm down”. He wrote: “Gary takes a passionate interest in refugees and immigration and, as he saw it, had a special agreement with Tim Davie, the BBC’s director-general, to tweet about these issues.” Mr Holmes described the BBC guidelines on social media use for staff and freelancers as “a bit vague” but said that both he and Lineker believed in the “impartiality and independence” of the broadcaster.
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