The pundit's retweet was described as 'deeply inappropriate' to endorseWADING IN Gary Lineker sparks another BBC row & is slammed as ‘ignorant’ after sharing tweet calling to ban Israel from footballGARY Lineker has sparked another BBC row and was slammed as "ignorant" after sharing a tweet calling to ban Israel from world football. Lineker, 63, reposted the tweet from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel on Saturday. Politicians said they were waiting for “international diplomat and foreign policy expert, Gary Lineker” to condemn Hamas’ atrocities. Andrew Percy, a prominent Jewish Tory MP, told The Telegraph: “Gary Lineker is an ill-informed, ignorant commentator on the Middle East. Lineker previously sparked an impartiality row in March 2023 after saying the Government rhetoric on immigration was similar to that of 1930s Germany.

Source: BBC January 15, 2024 16:43 UTC