Why are Tories so obsessed with Gary Lineker?
Also this week: a brawl at Lord’s and the US-Saudi golf rivalry.
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The Rest is Football should be sent off
Gary Lineker’s new podcast offers a stale standard of analysis that barely hovers above that offered by the drunkest bar-propper…
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Something rotten
A succession of scandals has created a profound mistrust in our political and media class.
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Subscriber of the week: Charlotte Jee
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The right have a secret: they are the true snowflakes
Culture warriors can’t help but display the behaviour they seek to criticise. Listen to them, then throw their words back…
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Former Today editor backs BBC boss over Lineker treatment
Jamie Angus is the first to raise his head above the parapet for Tim Davie – but thinks many BBC…
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Gary Lineker’s “special agreement” with Tim Davie
Agent Jon Holmes reveals in the New Statesman that the presenter understood he could tweet freely about refugees and immigration.
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Gary Lineker’s tweet, the BBC’s panic, and why I was left to “sort it out”
As the Match of the Day host’s agent, I had a busy week at the centre of the impartiality storm.
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Fear and loathing at the BBC
In an era of fake news and hyperpartisan media, the rationale for a public-service broadcaster is stronger than ever.
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Tim Davie and Richard Sharp have lost the BBC dressing room
Staff at the broadcaster hold its director-general and chairman in contempt.
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How much longer can Richard Sharp last as BBC chairman?
The Tory-led furore over Gary Lineker and impartiality has only succeeded in making Sharp’s position appear even more untenable.
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The BBC needs to stop being its own worst enemy
The corporation must stand up to Conservative bullying and prioritise fairness over an impossible standard of impartiality.
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Gary Lineker played into the hands of the BBC’s right-wing enemies
Those who want to defund a vital national institution have emerged stronger from this saga.
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Sack him or back him, the BBC cannot win the row over Gary Lineker
Whatever decision Tim Davie makes, he is bound to outrage around half of the British public and a good number…
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When will the BBC get over its fear of the right-wing press?
The Gary Lineker affair has proved the corporation still takes its lead from the same papers that want to destroy…
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In defence of Gary Lineker
How is he the villain for criticising Suella Braverman’s cruel refugee plan?
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Gary Lineker’s pre-emptive strike at BBC head Tim Davie
No one is going to stop the presenter tweeting his opinion.
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Gary Lineker: “The BBC can’t stop me talking about politics”
The Match of the Day presenter on impartiality, disapproval over his pay, and the freedom of podcasting.
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Gary Lineker isn’t wrong to say he suffered racist abuse
True anti-racists know the boundaries of who is “white” are blurred – race isn’t biologically real.
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