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Is Gary Lineker Correct?
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I don't think so. This country cannot cope with more illegal immigrants. We just haven't got the capacity for them. And we need a really strong deterrent, but is this action strong enough by the govt? And will it work?
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Lineker is a bit of a prat it has to be said. On the one hand he gets all righteously indignant about attempts to stop the boats and that he will "continue to speak up", and yet on the other he's perfectly happy to spend 6 weeks in Qatar, which has a dreadful record of treatment of people. If he was genuine, he would have refused to attend the World Cup and foregone the...
08:44 Thu 09th Mar 2023
Sweller and Richy have been asked to apologise to civil servants who they blamed for undermining their immigration policies:
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In a typical case of failing to take responsibility they have blamed Conservative Central Office.
> As for Linekar, anyone spouting off on social media has to be careful no matter who they work for if they can be associated with the company. The BBC is supposed to be impartial - he really isnt helping is he.
Nor is the BBC Chairman Richard Sharp, who:
• Was Rishi Sunak’s boss at Goldman Sachs
• Personally donated £400,000 to the Conservative Party
• Facilitated a loan of £800,000 for the impoverished PM Boris Johnson.
Awkward ...
Nor is the BBC Chairman Richard Sharp, who:
• Was Rishi Sunak’s boss at Goldman Sachs
• Personally donated £400,000 to the Conservative Party
• Facilitated a loan of £800,000 for the impoverished PM Boris Johnson.
Awkward ...
The corbyloon@16:45
BLUBSTER, Gary Lineker took in a refugee named Rasheed.
\\Mr Lineker, who hosts BBC One’s Match of the Day, went through a charity to welcome a refugee named Rasheed to live with him in his home in Surrey last year.
Rasheed, who was from the Balochistan region between Pakistan and Iran, lived with Mr Lineker for 20 days and sent him a thank you letter upon leaving.//
20days, well done Gary, not a year then, not a child, not a woman, not paying for his medical treatment and educating him.
20 days, thats it.
BLUBSTER, Gary Lineker took in a refugee named Rasheed.
\\Mr Lineker, who hosts BBC One’s Match of the Day, went through a charity to welcome a refugee named Rasheed to live with him in his home in Surrey last year.
Rasheed, who was from the Balochistan region between Pakistan and Iran, lived with Mr Lineker for 20 days and sent him a thank you letter upon leaving.//
20days, well done Gary, not a year then, not a child, not a woman, not paying for his medical treatment and educating him.
20 days, thats it.
TTT - // AH: "Money and success breed envy and malice - no change there." - yes they also provide a womb for growing self delusion and self importance. The belief that money and success must bring wisdom and importance. //
Absolutley no argument there.
But a little self-delusion can be ignored because kit can go with the territory in some people's reaction to fame and fortune.
But that's a long way away from the pure vitriol that is being expressed on this thread, and in the wider world, and I think a little perspective is needed.
Mr Lineker has done what millions of people do every day - expressed an opinion as a private citizen, which he is fully entitled to do.
He has not spoken as a 'spokesperson' for asylum speakers, or for the BBC, purely as a private citizen, and as such, I believe he is entitled to express an opinion.
The BBC is making noises about 'impartiality', which is nonsensical, given that Mr Lineker is a sports presenter, and cannot remotely be seen as compromising the objectivity of the BBC in any way at all.
Quite why he draws down such malice and hatred for simply expressing a viewpoint is something which speaks to the increasingly nasty nature of social media and the fall-out from it.
Personally, I have less than no time for any of the self-aggrandizing people who feel that their view is something that must be shared with millions of strangers, but that does not mean that I would ever wish to stop anyone who wishes to do so, from carrying out their wish.
I don;t agree with Mr Linkeker's view, and I despise Twitface, but we enjoy the right of freedom of speech, and that is not withdrawn on the basis of strangers disapproving of the salary you earn, or the size of the house you liv in.
Absolutley no argument there.
But a little self-delusion can be ignored because kit can go with the territory in some people's reaction to fame and fortune.
But that's a long way away from the pure vitriol that is being expressed on this thread, and in the wider world, and I think a little perspective is needed.
Mr Lineker has done what millions of people do every day - expressed an opinion as a private citizen, which he is fully entitled to do.
He has not spoken as a 'spokesperson' for asylum speakers, or for the BBC, purely as a private citizen, and as such, I believe he is entitled to express an opinion.
The BBC is making noises about 'impartiality', which is nonsensical, given that Mr Lineker is a sports presenter, and cannot remotely be seen as compromising the objectivity of the BBC in any way at all.
Quite why he draws down such malice and hatred for simply expressing a viewpoint is something which speaks to the increasingly nasty nature of social media and the fall-out from it.
Personally, I have less than no time for any of the self-aggrandizing people who feel that their view is something that must be shared with millions of strangers, but that does not mean that I would ever wish to stop anyone who wishes to do so, from carrying out their wish.
I don;t agree with Mr Linkeker's view, and I despise Twitface, but we enjoy the right of freedom of speech, and that is not withdrawn on the basis of strangers disapproving of the salary you earn, or the size of the house you liv in.
There is a globally recognised resettlement scheme for legal asylum seekers that is run by the UN. This is the scheme that UK has recognised and whose guidelines it has followed. However despite this, and the fact that the since 2016, Britain has resettled more refugees from outside Europe than any other EU state, the UN is now "concerned" that we are determined to implement fully their own guidelines. If we were to herd the smuggled "asylum seekers and refugees" into makeshift camps as the French do, or put them into concentration camps the UN would no doubt be critical.(although they do not seem concerned about the "French solution".) If those imaginary concentration camps were staffed by sadistic torturers, and prisoners used for slave labour or medical "experiments", before being sent to gas chambers and cremation ovens, Lineker and his apologists might have a point. His "private" view is now somehow more sacrosanct. Many other private views, containing much less hateful content, have not been so heartily defended. Funny old World.
AH, the BBC isn’t just making noises - they do require their presenters to be politically impartial. Had Lineker simply criticised the government’s plan, chances are nothing would have been said but comparing the initiative to 1930s Germany was not only stupid, it was ignorant and it was a step too far.
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