Hunt, speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Sky News, said he “personally profoundly disagrees” with the comments the TV pundit made. The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, said “people’s confidence” should be restored in knowing the BBC ha d no “political agenda”, when he was asked about the Lineker row. But do I think he should be taken off TV from doing commentary on the football? No, I don’t. She told Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme: “I wouldn’t have used the language that Gary Lineker used. The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, criticised Tory MPs for “putting pressure” on the BBC to take Lineker off air. On Lineker’s attack on the government’s “stop the boats” policy, he said during an interview with BBC Breakfast that there were “criticisms to be levelled at the Conservatives”. The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, called for the BBC’s chair, Richard Sharp, to resign to restore the perception of independence at the corporation. The shortened 20-minute version of the show had no commentary, presenters or pundits, and even the show’s theme music was dropped, as the BBC dealt with the fallout after suspending its highest-paid star. Match of the Day viewing figures were unaffected by Lineker’s absence on Saturday night. The reaction of the public has been overwhelming. Shouldn’t need to apologise for being a good person and standing by his word. He wrote on Twitter: “Proud of the old man after a busy few days.
George Lineker also tweeted he was “proud” of his dad after he was suspended from Match of the Day. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, George Lineker said his father had been “a bit disappointed” by the BBC asking him to step back from hosting Saturday’s show. Gary Lineker’s son said he thought the sports presenter would return to Match of the Day – but said he would not “back down on his word”.
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He also said in a tweet that the BBC’s commentary team “are in full agreement with our BBC Sport colleagues”. The commentator Guy Mowbray has confirmed there will be no “normal” edition of Match of the Day 2 this evening. The corporation said Match of the Day 2 and coverage of the Women’s Super League match between Manchester United and Chelsea would be “much reduced” on Sunday. The BBC has been forced to severely reduce its sports programming for a second day amid a deepening row over Lineker’s suspension. He was asked: “Do you still want to work for the BBC?”, “Have you spoken to Tim Davie overnight?”, “Have you had discussions with BT or Sky?” and “Is this the end of your presenting career?”, and gave no response. Gary Lineker responded: “I can’t say anything” to questions from reporters when he left his home in Barnes, south-west London, to walk his dog on Sunday morning. Here is a roundup of the news from today:
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