Gary Lineker insists his tweets on Government policy were ‘factually accurate’
ok.co.ukGary Lineker has said he still believes his tweet about the Government’s “cruel” asylum policy was “factually accurate”.The Match Of The Day star, 62, told Alastair Campbell during an interview for Men’s Health UK magazine that he stood by his comments, despite the drama it's caused.The BBC has launched an independent review of its social media guidance for freelancers following an impartiality row prompted by Gary's tweets.
Gary was taken off air by the broadcaster after posting a tweet in which he said the language used by the Government to promote its asylum plans, in his opinion, sounded similar to 1930s Germany.
However, he later returned to his Match Of The Day presenting role following a boycott by other top on-air talent, including Alex Scott, Kelly Somers and Jason Mohammad As part of Men’s Health UK’s Talking Heads interview series, Gary said that it never crossed his mind that the tweet would become as big of a deal as it did.
He said that he'd been working with refugees' charities for several years, which caused him to have a strong reaction to the film that Suella Braverman posted about their new policy.
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