Anyway boys and girls there are more important things on the minds of us Poolies at the moment . What’s the weather like and is the match on?

Copied and pasted from Sky,
Gary Lineker signed a five-year deal with the BBC in 2020, under which he agreed to adhere to their updated impartiality rules. The rules for news and current affairs journalists are very strict, with their personal accounts treated as if they are part of the BBC's output

I am pretty sure the BBC wouldn't want to suspend him because as I said earlier, they agree with him. In this instance they were probably boxed into a corner. I suspect he was asked to properly follow the impartiality rules in future but simply refused because as we all know, he is bigger than the BBC. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. Will Lineker get his own way or will the BBC have the guts to sack him?

He will probably end up at Sky soon with his entourage and BBC will cancel MOTD, not that I watch it, so doesn't bother me.

I see David Attenborough has had one of his episodes from his new series "cancelled" over the subject of rewilding.

They would be better looking into the appointment of their Director General, he of arranging a loan for BoJo.

Palace fan Nigel Farage would be my choice for the MOTD job.

I thought he was a leaver?

Probably half way into the programme, he would depart the studio.

Nigel Farage on motd. Don’t think so. MR I can tell you everything bad about the unelected Euro MPs but no ideas how to take the country forward now we are on our own.

Imagine the uproar in Bettys if you had hundreds hanging around the surrounding streets..I want to hear his voice. We need more like him.

If Farage got the job he would be trying to send all the foreign footballers back as they are taking peoples jobs in the U.K.,British jobs for British workers was what he used to quote.

Absolute rubbish!!

I think the David Attenborough programme is a red herring. The episode was never intended to be broadcast as part of the series. It was always going to be online only.

Sarcasm !!

All you have to do is imagine the reaction of lineker had tweeted out immigration policy was too weak and gov should take a harder line.

See if all the free speech champions would have been defending his right to say that

Lineker was too cocky by far prior to this, he just oozed smug self confidence and I suspect he thought himself untouchable, it must have come as a bit of a shock to find he wasn’t as bulletproof he thought he was.
See the ‘Chumocracy’ are rushing to his cause though doubt they have a clue what it’s really all about. Be funny if his panel pals find out their ‘services’ are now surplus to requirements .

They have withdrawn their labour without a ballot, unions have to ballot their members or they could be sacked for taking unofficial action.
If the government practice what they preach the ones who have withdrawn their labour should be sacked.

Personally I would sack the lot of them. The most boring part of the programme is that lot with their boring opinions. Just show the footy.
If they need someone to announce each game, get Carol the weather girl to do that.

Thinking about a news report I heard that there is approx 150 km of French coastline from which these boat people can come from across a dangerous sea yet Israel has a landborder of 400 km with the West Bank and Gaza strip.
45,000 boat people came to the UK last year. How many Palestinians got into Israel last year illegally.I would quess around zero.
The UK government is simply not trying nor has it ever have...........please don't be suckered in and blame the French.
What we are told is all bollocks.

Are you saying we should toughen up like the Israelis??

When Israel was created the US and UK guaranteed it's existence........ Is the still the case?

Watching smarmy Lineker basking in his own manic vanity and Shearer, who reminds me of a National Express coach driver without the wit or charm makes MOTD feel like a sporting donkey sanctuary… the whole programme needs a laxative…this truly is the age of the nonentities.

Look at it this way Jamie, they’re probably freelancers, in other words contractors.
Now if a contractor starts being awkward, messing you about and actually challenging your decisions, their contract is shredded…no bona fide company will have contractors dictating to them and can’t be allowed to let prospective contractors see they are a soft touch, if you don’t, you might as well give up any pretence of being in charge.

Lineker does loads of different stuff for different people, furthermore it was the BBC that forced quite a number of their employees to become self employed so that they (the BBC) could save money on pensions and extras. There is controversy about this very thing right now.

Was he not a freelance from the start……and he certainly does lots of things for ‘other people’…such as the Qatari’s….. wouldn’t want that on my CV……he appears to like the money.

Yes he got £1.4 million from Qatar for covering the Champions League for them.
In his defence why has he been singled out, Clarkson, Sugar, Neil have all made political comments in the past. Now we have the head of the BBC who donated £400000 to the Conservative Party and helped Johnson secure a £800000 loan, is he involved in Lineker suspension.
The debate starts on the new Immigration Bill on Monday which should be interesting but doomed from the start.
There has been calls to sell the BBC off but for me we need a media channel with impartial views, unfortunately currently that is not the case.

Are you a friend of Gary now….?
He got ‘singled out’ for comparing this country to Germany in the 1930’s when a certain party called the Nazi’s (National Socialists) under someone called Adolf Hitler, you may have heard of him, ran the country….and we all know how that turned out.
The devoutly racist Nazi’s in those days we’re putting their opponents or perceived racial inferiors in concentration/death camps, the Tories are putting these arrivals into 5 star hotels a new phone and freedom to roam…….oh the irony.
Oh dear.

Not a friend just stating facts,he has been singled out as his views are not inline with the current bosses at the BBC.
Snowy what would you propose to do with the arrivals, there isn’t any other facilities to put them, you build a camp they burn it down, we don’t have the logistics to send them back and anyway what country would accept them, where else as they have destroyed their documents.

On LBC, Braverman said that “Billions” of people would be wanting to get into the UK without this law change.

Billions!!!

The government have been saying some OTT things IMO.

in the world of celebrities what he says carries far more weight with the publicity he gets. anyone on the bunker coming out with the same words would have only got a few replies. any div.2 player tweeting the same would not have got a mention outside his teams messageboard. on top of being careful what they tweet their lifestyle means they have not the freedom we have where we can go anywhere without being stopped by someone even in a corner shop. if they do not want this lifestyle then give there millions back and live in obscurity and tweet what the hell they want.

He can see no wrong with groups of people who burn down their camps , destroy their documents and enter a country illegally then jamie? ..and the government can get to feck with any back ground checks as well eh?....maybe he does need to shut up and get his arse over to Calais to raise more awareness on the perilous journey...from a safe country may i add.

The way to stop them was quite simple if they’d acted from the outset by detaining them in custody regardless of how long it takes to determine their status and any ideas of rioting in custody would carry severe penalties too.
If we’d been firm in the first place it wouldn’t have got to this stage.
But ALL politicians nowadays are mainly superannuated students with the gormlessness of that goes with it.

the real irony of the situation is that his views are called leftish. problem is its not the views of labour votors outside of the M25. activist yes, but not the average person in the street who may or want to vote for the party. how can so many be so out of touch with the general population is beyond me.

Reporter asking this morning without St Gary how it would be possible to watch a match without a commentary…… Funny but I managed for over sixty years at the Vic.
Is that the thought process of a ‘devoted’ Premiership never been to a match in my life fan?
Dunno if it’s just me but never watch MOTD now, but if I did I’d record it and fast forward the ‘experts’.

for me MOTD has turned into what top gear became even in the clarkson days. a programme for the general public and not the fans who watch live or have a real interest in motoring in general. even at pools level we have eddie kyle who you may or not agree with at the time as your own eyes and brain can work stuff out. do we also need manager interviews just after games when its all still raw. do we really learn anything or just agree because the manager says this or that.

The way to stop them was quite simple if they’d acted from the outset by detaining them in custody regardless of how long it takes to determine their status and any ideas of rioting in custody would carry severe penalties too.
If we’d been firm in the first place it wouldn’t have got to this stage.
But ALL politicians nowadays are mainly superannuated students with the gormlessness of that goes with it.[/quote

Agree Snowy but where are you going to detain them in custody, 45000 last year, it take an army to keep secure wherever that might be. they should have started in 2016 when only a couple of hundred arrived by boat and some stowed on trucks. Again as you there was no deterrent then and the people smugglers seized on the opportunity as they sussed out no one could stop them.

These people in general are people who are used to roughing it and being mistreated so even being in custodial place is probably better than where they come from.

They should immediately interview them and fit and ones put to work to earn a crust even if it’s sweeping the streets, oh forgot that’s being in breach of their human rights.

it should have been niped in the bud when it was in the low hundreds. its really got too late now with more coming in a day than there once was in a year. like many subjects they let things slide so much its impossible then to do much about it. drugs were a good example of this. everyone can quote the actions that many of them have done, how some still react once here and the lawfullness of the situation. all we are told is show compassion. there is a limit that anyone can show unless they can afford it and prepared for more changes this country has to go through. who voted for mosques on the skyline, halal meat and east european shops and our enriched life with diversity.

it should have been niped in the bud when it was in the low hundreds. its really got too late now with more coming in a day than there once was in a year. like many subjects they let things slide so much its impossible then to do much about it. drugs were a good example of this. everyone can quote the actions that many of them have done, how some still react once here and the lawfullness of the situation. all we are told is show compassion. there is a limit that anyone can show unless they can afford it and prepared for more changes this country has to go through. who voted for mosques on the skyline, halal meat and east european shops and our enriched life with diversity.

Best to check on trip advisor for recent reviews on your hotel if you are planning a trip down here.

Every time I see the lifeboats coming back with yet another ‘catch’ picked up in the channel I wonder who rescues the people who really are in trouble and not the self inflicted.

The viewing figures for last nights MOTD were up by half a million. The people I have spoken to reckon it was a much more enjoyable programme. I didn't watch it myself.
Interesting stat that though.

I’d have thought if it was successful they’d have kept the viewing figures quiet…..surely we can’t understand football unless Uncle Gary and his faithful butler Shearer aren’t there to point out the bleedin obvious with their graphics and copious hindsight.

Maybe they were pleasantly surprised. The figures were up by 25%. If they can save money on their presentation of highlights, it would mean more available to promote the Ladies game.
Apparently BT want the bold Gary.
Would be ironic if Gary was the only one employed and the ones who stuck their neck out for him got it chopped.

The Saintly Gary should do the decent thing and bog off to the obscurity of BT Sport and his mates can make their own choices. I bet he wont go cos the BBC gives him massive a massive platform so his lefty liberal whining will always be front page news. I just wish the BBC had the balls to sack him. Raj would have.

It's a big problem for RNLI,snowy..And now we are seeing in the UK pro- migrant groups (all out of towners) turning up at seafront hotels to counter protest.They must be away with the fairies when it comes to the dangers.

All deflection.

How about we get stuck into a REAL twat, Hancock.... All slipping into oblivion.

I'm not a Lineker expert but I don't think he was. There's a big HRMC tax case with Lineker going on now and within the scope of that it says that the BBC encouraged/cajoled him and others to go self employed.

Now there's a big tax comeback as it would seem this has backfired on the BBC with some other "Slebs" - or "talent" - as the BBC terms them. In other cases it looks like the BBC lost and picked up a big bill, this is the way it looks like the G.L. thing is going.

When I was bricklaying in the early 90s we were all encouraged to go self employed, which I did - but no one called me "talent" Celebrities eh!!

Don’t be knocking being a brickie, you actually serve a purpose in life, better and more dignified than being a post match gossip circle co-ordinator….I mean what would they be doing if they hadn’t got lucky with football.

Last week it was reported that the Duchess of Cambridge dropped a small clanger when she went to shake the hand of a muslim community leader, who politely placed his hand across his chest instead.
What I don't understand is, why is it always the British who are expected to comply with foreign culture in our own country. Shouldn't immigrants, of any religion/culture, in any part of the world, be expected to respect the culture of the country they have chosen to move to.

It was shite, the quicker it gets sorted out & we get back to normal the better.

You mean you actually like Liniker and Shearer.