A history of Gary Lineker's most controversial tweets, from Brexit to Russian donors

Gary Lineker's criticism of the government's migrant policy have led to calls for him to be sacked from the BBC - but it's not the first time he's got in trouble for being outspoken on Twitter

A senior BBC journalist questioned Lineker's commitment to the BBC's impartiality rules after Lineker tweeted about sewage.

BBC journalist Neil Henderson asked Lineker whether he had a contract allowing him to breach BBC impartiality, writing"The BBC lives or dies by its impartiality. If you can't abide it, get off it." The segment analysed the decision to award the tournament to Qatar amid corruption allegations and brought in pundits to discuss workers' rights and discrimination against LGBT people.

She quote-tweeted him, adding:"Curious that Gary Lineker was free to raise questions about Qatar's human rights record - with the blessing of the BBC - over the World Cup, but cannot raise questions of human rights in this country if it involves criticism of government policy...", where homosexuality is illegal, if they visited for the World Cup.

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