Monday's front page: Gary Lineker expected back at work after BBC crisis talks From DavidParsley50 + HugoGye + eleanormia:
presenter had to step back from the show after his comments about migrant policy prompted fury among a succession of Tory MPs. Some BBC staff were also critical because they regarded Lineker’s tweets as a breach of the corporation’s impartiality rules.
Leading BBC Radio presenters also came out to support Mr Lineker, resulting in shows such as BBC Radio 5Live’sSome of the political anger began ebbing away yesterday after the BBC was seen to take action against the presenter. Another member of the group, Conservative MP for Ipswich Tom Hunt, said the BBC was “right” to suspend Mr Lineker and that “a full apology is needed” alongside “assurances that there won’t be any repeats in future”.: “Free speech is important. But when you’re the most highly paid employee of our tax payer funded national broadcaster clearly it does come with special responsibilities.”
Mr Sharp is currently being investigated after he facilitated an £800,000 loan for Boris Johnson at the same time as he was applying to head the BBC.
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