Gary Lineker steps down from MOTD

[Monk]

35 minutes ago, TrentFox said:

The club should throw money at getting the clappers back to be held up. 32,500 holding up #Imwithgary would be superb 😊

Probably better than this would be to the Vardy masks again but with his face. Cost could be a problem with the extra card required for ears. 

[Phube]

 

40 minutes ago, Two_Pints_of_Lager said:

 

We are the 9th most densely populated country in Europe 

Fixed for accuracy!

[The Horse's Mouth]

Chelsea fans are all boneheads they’re probably in favour of lineker getting the boot and boats going out to sea with heavy machine guns on them 

[Foxdiamond]

2 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

 

 

Since the date on this letter the top 2 jobs at the BBC are occupied by donor of large sums of money to the Tories and a pal of Johnson and a former chair of the Hammersmith and Fulham Tory party. Perhaps this explains the axe falling on Lineker

[sishades]

9 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

Who says anything about censorship? How about just reporting truth responsibility and enacting Leverson 2

Who decides what is true. Putin perhaps?

[Zear0]

2 minutes ago, sishades said:

Who decides what is true. Putin perhaps?

"Alternative facts".  The dead hand of Trump still lingers.

[Dahnsouff]

3 minutes ago, sishades said:

Who decides what is true. Putin perhaps?

There is no truth

[leicsmac]

On the topic of "truth" and the proliferation of it...

 

 

Kojima had it quite right over two decades ago.

[rico]

[sishades]

1 minute ago, Dahnsouff said:

There is no truth

Partly disagree, truth can be very subjective/

[Dahnsouff]

Just now, sishades said:

Partly disagree, truth can be very subjective/

I should have added beyond evidential

[Grebfromgrebland]

At this rate I'm going to run out of reps and comments before the match even starts!

[Arkie Bennett]

27 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Last time I checked France wasn’t a war zone, why risk your life to leave it?

We repeatedly tell the world ours is the best way of life and the best place to live, then we're surprised when people want to come here to live.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

1 minute ago, Arkie Bennett said:

We repeatedly tell the world ours is the best way of life and the best place to live, then we're surprised when people want to come here to live.

Tbf with the way the Tories are running the country into the ground I am surprised people want to come here.

[marcymarc666]

37 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

This is why people will still vote Tory because they think this will actually happen

Well it's not rocket science. A couple years ago it was  a few hundred,  now up to 44,000, throw in more sophisticated boats , word of mouth, cheaper crossing fees.

You'll be talking half a million a year before 2030. Where are they going to be housed ??

[Tommy Fresh]

Just now, marcymarc666 said:

Well it's not rocket science. A couple years ago it was  a few hundred,  now up to 44,000, throw in more sophisticated boats , word of mouth, cheaper crossing fees.

You'll be talking half a million a year before 2030. Where are they going to be housed ??

You realise not everyone that gets here stays?

[purpleronnie]

1 minute ago, marcymarc666 said:

Well it's not rocket science. A couple years ago it was  a few hundred,  now up to 44,000, throw in more sophisticated boats , word of mouth, cheaper crossing fees.

You'll be talking half a million a year before 2030. Where are they going to be housed ??

Houses.

[Dahnsouff]

2 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

Houses.

Agree it’s a separate topic and one we should have no truck with currently, but it would become a problem in that situation, so bit flippant/dismissive.

[urban.spaceman]

2 minutes ago, marcymarc666 said:

Well it's not rocket science. A couple years ago it was  a few hundred,  now up to 44,000, throw in more sophisticated boats , word of mouth, cheaper crossing fees.

You'll be talking half a million a year before 2030. Where are they going to be housed ??

Do you understand why they've risen so highly in the last few years?

 

Cruella was asked in a cross parliamentary committee a few weeks ago what the 'safe and legal' routes are. She didn't answer, or rather, she side-stepped the question.

 

It's because after we left the EU the 'safe and legal' routes have all gone.

 

This problem has been explicitly created by the government to use as an election tactic.

 

You are being manipulated.

[FoxesWalk]

Can anyone show me a bbc guideline that Lineker actually broke? Can’t find any, the actual rules seem to say the opposite… 

 

 

 

[HankMarvin]

16 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

There are many reasons why a tiny percentage risk their lives, some are trafficked and have no choice, some have family connections, some speak the language, and many see the UK as a welcoming safe place.

For context, this is strictly speaking about those that cross the Channel illegally.
 

For those that do take on the risk for “family connections” in the UK, what about the women in their lives back home?

Mums, sisters, girlfriends, daughters?

 

 

“90% of migrants who crossed Channel were male, Home Office reveals

 

Nine in ten of all migrants who crossed the Channel last year were male, official figures have revealed”

 

Taken from the Times 

[RoanClawson]

Our fans have got to show utmost support for Lineker today 

[TrentFox]

15 minutes ago, Arkie Bennett said:

We repeatedly tell the world ours is the best way of life and the best place to live, then we're surprised when people want to come here to live.

I don’t think anyone here has said that for quite some time! 😂

[FoxesWalk]

21 minutes ago, rico said:

I was trying to explain this joke to my wife, who saw me laughing, and turns out she works with someone called Shemima Begum, and she is real, same spelling. Works for Adobe. Unfortunate name to share 😂

[Grebfromgrebland]

8 minutes ago, marcymarc666 said:

Well it's not rocket science. A couple years ago it was  a few hundred,  now up to 44,000, throw in more sophisticated boats , word of mouth, cheaper crossing fees.

You'll be talking half a million a year before 2030. Where are they going to be housed ??

This is why it should be against the law for politicians to lie. Vulnerable people like marcymaev666 believe it. This is exactly how fascism took hold on Germany, repeated lies from the government and people believed it.