[Closed] Gary lineker vs the sun

Welcome to Brexit Britain! Where you don't have to pretend you're not a nasty, hate-filled little racist any more. It's great!

5 pages. Last three of which will be the same four posters.

i'll put the kettle on....bring your own biscuits

I'd better get in early then.

Even with all I've seen of this country in the last few months, I'm still incredulous at the reaction to Lineker's tweets. Some people really ought to be ashamed of themselves.

that reminds me, i need crisps for dinner

Gonzy; didn't you get the memo? biscuits out/anything you can put jam on in.

Lineker, good English name. Mean's ''Potato ambassador'' in the old tongue.

Leftie handwringer acting like a leftie handwringer shocker.

reactionary right wing bell end in reactionary right wing bell end shocka

Goddam leftie handwringers getting in the way of good old fashioned xenophobia, bunch of bloody pooves the lot of 'em

http://newsthump.com/2016/10/21/bbc-presenters-should-only-express-opinions-in-columns-weve-paid-them-to-write-say-the-sun/

ah, good, I was just trying to work out if I could embed that ^^^

thestabiliser - Member
Goddam leftie handwringers getting in the way of good old fashioned xenophobia, bunch of bloody pooves the lot of 'em

The Sun blow with the wind and they see that the wind is currently blowing in a very nasty direction.

BBC Sports presenter getting involved in politics.

The Sun blow with the wind

Thats where the answers are, my friend

He's been acused of lying, but 'The Sun' - that's right, 'The Sun'... seriously. 'The Sun' is takign the moral high ground on speaking the truth...

My prediction:

He won't be sacked by the BBC, or Walkers or whoever else.

He will be more popular than before as people who have zero interest in Football now know who he is.

Is may even be a turning point, these things are often a seemingly unimportant turn of events, because it's argument number 9992034 or whatever that's line has been drawn between Brexit and Remain but the right have ****ed up, because it's an argument only the truly arsehole me, me, me right can be against him on and they've picked a fight with GARY LINEKER, I hate football, I'm not English but even I know the man can usually do no wrong in the public eye, they might as well have picked a fight with the Late Terry Wogan, David Attenborough or David Jason - they think it's all over, it is now.

In a weird way I'm kind of glad to see The Sun showing how ugly it can really be.

They're not going to be doing themselves any favours at all in the long run and will regret this, I think.

edit: well said PJ - just what I was thinking, it could be a tipping point for a lot of people.

The Sun / Mail / Express

All that is crap about this country.

BBC Sports presenter getting involved in politics

Expressing compassion is now a poltical statement?

jambalaya - Member
BBC Sports presenter getting involved in politics.

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[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37727631 ]Meanwhile, on the moral high ground....[/url]

biscuits out

**** it, I don't like Crisps or Football, but I'm going to watch Match of the Day with a big bag of Walkers whever it's on.

Go Gary.

jimster01 - Member
The Sun / Mail / Express

All that is crap about this country.

And all that read/buy and covet/contribute to them.

And nearly every shop in Liverpool, combined with over 19 and rising as crowdfunding allows full body adverts on cabs in the City, declaring boycott The S*n.
[url= http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/taxis-gather-pier-head-show-11907673 ] I wonder why[/url]

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BBC Sports presenter getting involved in politics.

Really? Or is it a BBC sports presenter showing a bit of compassion towards those less fortunate than himself by using social media as a platform to do so. Tear gas and demolishing migrant camps being the obvious solution to the problem in France which no doubt your right-wing arse is all in favour of.

Gosh, another ex footballer / celebrity calling for compassion and more help for refugees whilst reportedly engaging in aggressive tax avoidance schemes that ultimately enable them to paying anything towards this.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/gary-lineker-ordered-to-pay-%C2%A313m-to-government-after-crackdown-on-tax-avoidance-schemes/ar-AA8NVba

So, what did he say?

People of Liverpool, I salute you.

You know, i can empathise with and understand political and social views from across the spectrum, even if i don't agree with them. I can work out where the ideas come from and the structure (educational, financial, social, media and so on) that led to people developing these ideas. And appreciate why they think in such a different way to me.

But some people are just arseholes or imbeciles.

Or both.

Gonzy; didn't you get the memo? biscuits out/anything you can put jam on in.

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bring your own jam insertable food/snack types instead!!

**** it, I don't like Crisps or Football, but I'm going to watch Match of the Day with a big bag of Walkers whever it's on.

Go Gary.

BREXIT really has been every racists dream come true

BREXIT really has been every racists dream come true

Even tho i voted remain, purely because i KNEW i didnt have all the facts either way, if Brexit means the end of Murdoch's empires stranglehold on this country, i'll cheer.

Only 5 pages - how dare you ?

This can be spun out for much longer than that, and it'll be the fault of all 17.4 million people who voted for Brex...

Oh, we're already there.

Moan on...

Even tho i voted remain, purely because i KNEW i didnt have all the facts either way, if Brexit means the end of Murdoch's empires stranglehold on this country, i'll cheer.

You'll be disappointed,then. Murdoch has been recorded to say that he loves the UK government as they listen to him, whereas the EU Parliament don't. I think Murdoch is loving Brexit, and the scenario couldn't have worked out better if he'd planned it himself [ 😯 ]

The total eclipse campaign is spreading beyond the borders of Merseyside tho, particularly in Northern Ireland.

We just need to boycott his other ventures too if you can give up / find alternatives to his TV and broadband services

I'm saddened to see that a couple of the usual suspects have resorted to throbberdom in this thread.

throbberdom

Even the urban dictionary won't tell me what that means. 🙂

Not the best day for The Sun, Fake Sheikh doing a stretch...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37727631

It's the place where #Jambafacts are created..

[s]BBC Sports presenter getting involved in politics.[/s]Human being getting involved in acting like a human being

FTFY

He's not employed by the BBC, he's a freelancer. The BBC can decide not to use him but they have no right of censure on a personal account (even if they wanted to)

I'll see your cheese and onion and raise you a bag of S&V in my underpants.

Jambalaya = AWESOME!!!!

Get with the programme you lot. This is where its at with the Walkers at the moment.....

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the Late Terry Wogan, David Attenborough or David Jason - they think it's all over, it is now.

They've all gone? Good grief, next you'll be telling me Van Morrison has died.

You may want to sit down. Its about Joe Cocker....

Also utterly baffled by this. Saw something saying he was "defending" comments he's made and wondered how much of a clanger he'd dropped. Then had to read the article twice to make sure I hadn't missed something. Totally absurd.

Who is Gary Lineker?

Have to admit I'm quite enjoying the "kids who look like adults" side-project. We'd not have let 15-year-old The Rock into the country, that's for damn sure.

This whole "story" is sick tbh, the lineker thing is just a bit of side-poison, don't get distracted

[url= http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/we-will-abolish-the-monarchy-if-we-hear-one-kind-word-about-immigrants-says-sun-20161021115812 ]The Mash really are on form today! [/url]

😆

The boy Line Acre done good.

didn't you get the memo? biscuits out/anything you can put jam on in.

I've got some jammy dodgers , are they in or out ???

As above, saw the headline and thought he'd said something offensive..

Then I saw the tweet...can't quite work out what hes done wrong?

I'm not convinced that all the 'kids' are actually 'kids' (and I don't think its should matter either given what they've been through) but thats not really the point.

This country has gone to the dogs..

I've got some jammy dodgers , are they in or out ???

i vote IN 😉

Nice bloke says something nice

This country has gone to the dogs..

I wish, dogs are smashing...

Its more gone to the parasitic flesh weevils.

He's just virtue signalling.

(this is my favourite thing on the internet- it's completely infallible, literally everyone who has ever criticised someone for "virtue signalling" is a bona fide shitehawk.)

jambalaya - Member

BBC Sports presenter getting involved in politics.

Hang on a minute, you're not a serving politician are you?

REJOICE! REJOICE!

JAMBA WILL NO LONGER BE SPOUTING POLITICAL BOLLOCKS!!! 😀

The street parties shall commence forthwith!

Huzzah! 😀

Didn't Lineker get a right kicking on here just a few weeks ago?

Definitely not for being a left wing handwringer but I can't remember what for?

Can anyone remember the thread?

Definitely not for being a left wing handwringer but I can't remember what for?

For wearing shorts

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For wearing shorts

BAASTADD! BURN HIM!

BBC Sports presenter getting involved in politics.

I think you mean freelance broadcaster. I also think you mean being involved in human crisis not politics. Just because politicians and governments are involved it does not make it exclusively political.

@woppit: Joes lookin good (for a dead un)

We just need to boycott his other ventures too if you can give up / find alternatives to his TV and broadband services

This

Which is a pain in the bum when you want to support Geraint Thomas 😡

And it's actually quite heartening to see that only a few nutjobs seem to be in agreement with The Sun here.

🙂

'nutjob' is too near the mark, if this thread wasn't online there'd be at least 10 of you engaged in group masturbation by this point. Best slow things down boys otherwise you won't last 5 pages 😆

if you can't identify the dichotomy of this front page, then ask someone you trust if you're a racist.

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I don't care how old those two are, we should let them in.

Got to say that Linekar is playing a blinder on this whole thing, and running rings around that vile Murdoch rag. He tweeted yesterday that he'd follow the Suns lead, and apologise in 25 years.

I' sure theyve realised by now that they picked a fight with the wrong person this time

Linker has always struck as one of the minority of footballers who has a few brain cells, and seems a decent bloke. I can't help thinking the BBC are secretly laughing away behind the scenes.

It's about time someone stood up to the Sun,amd other such rags. Unfortunately, it's not going to be anyone who can dish out any form of sanction.

Of all the players in this sorry saga, that MP David Davies (the Vegemite and teeth enthusiast, not the Brexit one) really is a rancid excuse for a human being.

The Daily Heil has had a pop at GL.
So on the balance of probability must be right.
Even the Torygraph has a columnist supporting his right to say it

[quote=torsoinalake ]Of all the players in this sorry saga, that MP David Davies (the Vegemite and teeth enthusiast, not the Brexit one) really is a rancid excuse for a human being.

He is my MP who I have met several times. He is a bit of a worm to be fair. A staunch Brexit supporter despite his constituency voting overwhelmingly to Remain. He also has a Hungarian wife. The fact that Hungary is moving very rapidly to the extreme right probably has nothing to do with his opinions either.

Even the Torygraph has a columnist supporting his right to say it

I'm sure they'll be sacked and it will return to it's normal diet of right wing racist diatribe....

I reckon the Sun will do a full demolition job on him, various mutterings abound that he was/is a bit of a shagger and they'll probably go for that next.

It's what they do. They are hateful and they revel in unlocking the worst parts of narrow minded bigots' tendencies. A lot of 'ordinary folk' read the Sun because it is easy. It doesn't challenge them to think about their views, it provides an affirmative comfort blanket of hateful prejudice.

Sadly, Brexit and the Sun are symptoms of the same national malaise.

It amazes me that people who've never given a second thought to the BBC's guidelines on conflicts of interest suddenly become bar-stool experts when someone tweets something nice about refugees.

BBC Sports presenter getting involved in politics.

This doesn't mean anything. It's just a bit of half-remembered, half-invented pub-bore "wisdom" that has passed into the minds of simpletons as if it's an actual thing.

You could try reading the BBC's guidelines on conflicts of interest and make a judgement for yourself. I just have done, so I'll save you the trouble and assure you that Gary Lineker has not breached any BBC guidelines. Not even close.

jambalaya - Member

BBC Sports presenter getting involved in politics.