Gary Lineker steps down from MOTD

[Chelmofox]

12 minutes ago, Otis said:

Those defending Gary Lineker's rights to free speech....

 

Jeremy Clarkson has walked in the room.

Clarkson said he wanted a megs paraded naked through the streets to have excrement thrown at her? How does this compare. Lineker used no defamatory language at all. 

[Tommy Fresh]

 

[Raj]

No final score now.

Jason Muhammad backing Linkere now

[Deeg67]

4 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Clarkson said he wanted a megs paraded naked through the streets to have excrement thrown at her? How does this compare. Lineker used no defamatory language at all. 

Not to mention punching his producer in the face for getting his dinner order wrong.

[Bellend Sebastian]

 

[Samilktray]

Disappointed this morning to see a post of mine with at least 16 laughing face reactions deleted. My ego feels bruised and quite frankly my Saturday has been significantly dented. Thanks for that Foxestalk! 

[Nalis]

Spare a thought for poor Jason Mohammad, protests for his colleague and doesnt even get referred to by his name in the media.

 

Edited 11 March 2023 by Nalis

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Genuine question. Would scrapping the license fee and having the BBC go commercial/subscription be the only way to end this kind of government interference in the BBC?

[marcymarc666]

15 hours ago, David Oldfields Gate said:

Murdering your own citizens and those of territories you occupy because you do not like their race, religion, sexual orientation or politics is not in anyway comparable to seeking to secure a sovereign border from unlawful entry.

 

In layman's terms he is a f++king idiot and deserves whatever comes his way.

 

 

 

 

Spot on. A day at the Holocaust museum might educate the ignorant idiot.

Leicester legend, but a bit of a dick head.

Sorry Garry

[Mark_w]

1 minute ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Genuine question. Would scrapping the license fee and having the BBC go commercial/subscription be the only way to end this kind of government interference in the BBC?

No it wouldn’t be, and it wouldn’t stop it.

[CUJimmy]

1 minute ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Genuine question. Would scrapping the license fee and having the BBC go commercial/subscription be the only way to end this kind of government interference in the BBC?

It would reduce government interference but increase interference of others (eg Murdoch) so some folks be careful what they wish for.

[Tommy Fresh]

2 minutes ago, marcymarc666 said:

Spot on. A day at the Holocaust museum might educate the ignorant idiot.

Leicester legend, but a bit of a dick head.

Sorry Garry

Read what he's actually said first ay

[The whole world smiles]

25 minutes ago, Otis said:

Those defending Gary Lineker's rights to free speech....

 

Jeremy Clarkson has walked in the room.

Funnily enough Jeremy Clarkson wrote a column for the sun in 2011 where he said striking public sector workers should be shot in front of their families then carried on working for the BBC for 8 years finally rightly leaving when he chinned a co worker. 

 

So clarkson isn't really the argument winner you think he is. 

[MrsJohnMurphy]

3 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Genuine question. Would scrapping the license fee and having the BBC go commercial/subscription be the only way to end this kind of government interference in the BBC?

Probably the Tories ultimate aim. Be our voicepiece or face privatisation

[Nalis]

Just now, CUJimmy said:

It would reduce government interference but increase interference of others (eg Murdoch) so some folks be careful what they wish for.

Exactly this.

 

The news source would either be Channel 4 (I enjoy it but lets face it its not balanced) chav tv I mean ITV, Murdochs Sky and god forbid GB News. There would also be the emergence of another Fox News style outlet. 

[Otis]

16 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Clarkson said he wanted a megs paraded naked through the streets to have excrement thrown at her? How does this compare. Lineker used no defamatory language at all. 

Comparing government policies to Nazi Germany?

[Towelie]

21 minutes ago, Lionator said:

I hate when people describe Lineker as the ‘liberal elite’, he literally grew up between new parks and brauny whereas the ones calling him that were all too busy at oxbridge. Surely his path from nothing to rich man is the Tory dream? 

Made even worse when the ones they are backing are the privately educated, never worked a real job in their lives, plumbs in their mouths, elites!

 

It's the same type of people who fell for Trumps 'drain the swamp' without realising he was the biggest shit in the swamp!

 

[MrsJohnMurphy]

3 minutes ago, marcymarc666 said:

Spot on. A day at the Holocaust museum might educate the ignorant idiot.

Leicester legend, but a bit of a dick head.

Sorry Garry

Oh dear 

[FoxInTheBirstallBox]

22 minutes ago, Rossiter said:

The term 'oldies' is a bit infantile. You'll be old one day.

 

Fair 

 

24 minutes ago, Rossiter said:

Yes I did plus. Not that's it's any of your business though. Plus Qatar too far to go.

Nice to see, I feel maybe we would have a lot of the same views, just from different generational points of view 

[Otis]

2 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said:

Funnily enough Jeremy Clarkson wrote a column for the sun in 2011 where he said striking public sector workers should be shot in front of their families then carried on working for the BBC for 8 years finally rightly leaving when he chinned a co worker. 

 

So clarkson isn't really the argument winner you think he is. 

So it's OK to defend free speech as long as you agree with it. 

Please note I'm not agree agreeing with his above mentioned comments. 

[Nalis]

Just now, Towelie said:

Made even worse when the ones they are backing are the privately educated, never worked a real job in their lives, plumbs in their mouths, elites!

 

It's the same type of people who fell for Trumps 'drain the swamp' without realising he was the biggest shit in the swamp!

 

Devil advocate time and a bit off topic - One thing I will say its that while I disagree with the elites pouting phrases like champagne socialism, I can sympathise with the working class or poor using it. There's a huge difference between the two as I can understand the working class and poor being told how to live their life by a rich socialite a little condensing.

[Foxdiamond]

The government must be delighted that all the attention is now on the BBC. What a mess.

[FoxInTheBirstallBox]

Just now, Otis said:

So it's OK to defend free speech as long as you agree with it. 

Please note I'm not agree agreeing with his above mentioned comments. 

This is the whole issue though, BBC have stacks of controversial people on their payroll but it fits in line with how the government is ran.

 

Gary is challenging that same government and they are trying to silence him

 

It's fascism end of

[HighPeakFox]

It is very difficult to keep this debate rational when enough people misquote, fail to read or just outright perform detailed mental gymnastics in order to avoid the important issue at hand.

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, Otis said:

So it's OK to defend free speech as long as you agree with it. 

Please note I'm not agree agreeing with his above mentioned comments. 

Free speech and incitement/hate speech are not the same thing though are they. The line may get blurred though, I would agree