Current Events > UK government threatens migrants with slavery

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Funkydog posted...

Unfortunately for Britain, hating immigrants and trans people is all the Tories have left so they'll beat it beyond recognition.

Appears like they've watched Republicans in the US and said, "hold my pint".

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Nah, they still bring up the time Labour did poorly.... decades ago.

Still waiting for Blade_Trinity to explain what TC got wrong. Maybe Kimbos_Egg can help out since they seem to know too.

edit: @ing didnt work for me, so I removed it.

Do you guys have a media ecosystem dominated by NewsCorp and Murdoch?

Stagmar posted...

Still waiting for Blade_Trinity to explain what TC got wrong. Maybe Kimbos_Egg can help out since they seem to know too.

edit: @ing didnt work for me, so I removed it.

@blade_trinity were waiting

And now Gary Lineker has been made to 'step back' until he refuses to have a opinion on british politics as a football commentator.

Taking about the politics of another country is okay though! Just are not allowed to criticise the Tories as BBC has to be 'impartial'

At least the rest of the show have refused to come on though

It's not like Linekar is a newsreader or politics presenter, he's a presenter on Match of the Day. He's allowed to have his opinions and make them public. It's not like his opinions on politics have any bearing on the way he does his job. His views on refugees doesn't impact his thoughts on Liverpool's latest signing for example.

I think the BBC made the wrong call here but they were stuck between a rock and a hard place. The press and the government would attack them regardless of what action they took. The best way I would have handed it is just to say that Linekar is not a BBC employee (he's a contractor) and his thoughts on Twitter do not reflect the views of the corporation.