Gary Lineker is a rightly celebrated England footballer and long time host of the BBC’s Match of the Day.
He is a freelancer rather than a BBC Employee but he has come under fire from the usual suspects, the Express, Mail and Telegraph because he has been critical of Suella Braverman’s latest performative Culture War on the refugees coming to Britain.
You might think Lineker is some kind of lefty but actually he’s quite mainstream. A critic of Jeremy Corbyn and an associate of Alastair 45 minutes Campbell in a hugely popular podcast series The Rest is History.
Criticism of Lineker represents an attempted lurch to the right in British politics and it needs to be opposed not just verbally but in person.
On UN Anti-Racism Day on 18th March Stand Up to Racism supported by the TUC is organising marches in Cardiff, Glasgow and London. Be there if you can. Defend Lineker, Defend Refugees
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