The host of popular sports review program ‘Match of the Day’ Gary Lineker has been dropped by the BBC’s main news channel. The action of the news channel under the British government comes after the British government news channel posted harsh criticism on social media against the British policy of preventing the refugees from coming to the country. Since 1964, ‘Match of the Day’ has been a Premier League matchday program with prominent guests.
Leading players including Alan Shearer had said they would not do the program with Linokar. This step is also taken into account.
The policy document released by British Home Secretary Suella Sullivan the other day has caused the expulsion. The policy document detailed measures to prevent refugees from crossing the English Channel in small boats. Linekar, who came forward against this, raised harsh criticism. The post on social media says that ‘the same policy adopted by Germany in the 1930s is the cruel policy against the world’s most disadvantaged group’. The aim of the policy is to completely stop the flow of refugees from African countries. It is estimated that around 45,000 people came this way last year. Nevertheless, critics accuse Britain of accepting the smallest number of refugees compared to other European countries, and that the aim is to keep them away.
Supporters and critics of this move have come out strong in the country. Meanwhile, Linekar posted against him. With this, action was forced against Linekar, a channel funded by the public treasury. There is criticism that the move against refugees is against UN regulations. Many leaders and sportsmen have come out against removing Lineker.
The charge is that it is a fascist act of silencing the media and imposing his own will.
