Lineker felt compelled to make his views known after an experience during Euro 2016 in Paris. Gary Lineker should be free to share his political views on Twitter, the BBC has said, ahead of a review into how the broadcaster maintains impartiality on … Jonathan, I’m the face of my own Twitter account. One person replied to Agnew: “You’re just plain wrong on this… Can you show us what contract you signed which said you can’t express political views that don’t related to your broadcast responsibilities?” To which Agnew replied with a link to the BBC editorial guidelines on impartiality. “Perhaps I shouldn’t have bothered. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express Despite his aversion, one debate he did pick a side on was the Brexit referendum, when he posted on social media in June 2016 and faced backlash during the contentious debate. Please observe BBC editorial guidelines and keep your political views, whatever they are and whatever the subject, to yourself. 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Another was a retweet of David Cameron’s calls for the Conservative party to back the prime minister, which Lineker shared with crying-with-laughter emojis. He tweeted: “Personally I believe there are plenty of reasons to Remain, but barely any to leave. Gary Lineker has hit back after the new BBC chief claimed the corporation's employees' Twitter accounts could be shut down over their political views. I voted remain. BBC Sport host Gary Lineker has been criticised by his colleague Jonathan Agnew for expressing his political views on Twitter. The BBC’s editorial guidelines state that: “Impartiality lies at the heart of public service and is the core of the BBC’s commitment to its audiences.”, A BBC spokesperson said: “Gary is not involved in any news or political output for the BBC and as such any expression of his personal political views does not affect the BBC’s impartiality.”. https://t.co/07cndzWMqm. I’d be sacked if I followed your example. ", He added: "If they want to work for the BBC, I can ask people, you would suspend their Twitter account, absolutely.". I know people want to see hard action on this. What Lineker didn’t say, was that while the wartime icon backed a “United States of Europe”, he caveated this by claiming the UK is “with Europe, but not of it” – a quote widely cited by Brexiteers. In one of 2016's strangest twists, England football legend and Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has outed himself as both staunchly liberal and resolutely unafraid of making his views … "We will be able to take disciplinary action. "We will have, within those guidelines, the enforcement policies will be very clear. A review of the social media behaviour of BBC staff has been conducted by the corporations' former director of global news Richard Sambrook. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, ‘Doesn’t know his arse from his elbow’: ex-England players argue over Brexit, Lineker also appeared at a rally in London, the BBC editorial guidelines on impartiality. While some on Twitter supported Agnew, with one writing “Get in, Aggers” and another “Thank you Aggers”, Agnew said that he had received far more responses opposing his views than supporting them. Even sadder that an MP can’t be bothered to look a few minutes down my timeline. Lineker claimed that the public had misconceptions over his political persuasion and that instead of being a “massive socialist” he was actually the “archetypal floating voter”. You can let the man speak for himself. Thanks,” Agnew wrote on Twitter. 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Lineker was then quizzed over whether, as a representative of the BBC, he felt it was a breach of the corporation’s social media rules to come out in support for a political campaign. "He said he understands his responsibilities as a person within the BBC. The bronze three-metre effigy of Britain’s wartime Prime Minister was made in 1988 and was based on a photograph of the leader walking beside France’s General Charles de Gaulles after the Allied victory. ", Keir Starmer speaks to police after car accident leaves cyclist injured, The Labour leader was involved in an accident with a cyclist in North West London, Man Utd legend Ryan Giggs opens up on being 'made to feel different' due to race. BBC’s cricket correspondent says he would be sacked if he copied Match of the Day host, • ‘Doesn’t know his arse from his elbow’: ex-England players argue over Brexit, First published on Fri 14 Dec 2018 00.30 GMT. BBC director general Tim Davie is willing to sack stars and hand out Twitter bans if they breach impartiality guidelines, The new rules are being drawn up after criticism of stars - such as Gary Lineker - who have stirred up controversy in the past for sharing his political views online, Subscribe to Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror newspapers, Love celebrity gossip? During an interview with JOE last year, he said: “I did a lot of reading and started to think ‘Crikey, actually this actually could be quite damaging for the country. We will be able to take people off Twitter. The former England football captain, who … Lineker claimed that the public had misconceptions over his political persuasion and that instead of being a “massive socialist” he was actually the “archetypal floating voter”. After many people, including a Labour MP, said that Agnew’s tweet confirmed he was a Brexiteer, Agnew tweeted he had voted Remain. He told MPs: "We are going to be publishing in the next few weeks, and this is imminent, clear social media guidelines, and they will cover both news and current affairs, and beyond news and current affairs. He also said he was "prepared to take the appropriate disciplinary action - all the way to termination" if stars are not neutral. Since then, he’s revealed his fears about the outcomes of Brexit a number of times online and in interviews. Thanks. . He stated: “Well I’m not news and current affairs, those rules only apply to those in current and news affairs. View is overwhelmingly going Gary! Agnew responded by posting a thumbs up emoji, with some on Twitter commending them for the civility of their interaction. The former England football captain, who hosts the BBC’s flagship Match of the Day programme, has been outspoken in his political opinions, in particular his opposition to Brexit, which he regularly tweets about. He has said that he is not concerned by what he said. Lineker was not the only sports star to come under fire for expressing his political views on social media this week. Lineker replied to Agnew’s criticism saying: “I’ll continue to tweet what I like and if folk disagree with me then so be it.” He added that he imagined Agnew would not be concerned about Lineker making his political views known “if you agreed with me”. BBC director general Tim Davie is willing to sack stars and hand out Twitter bans if they breach impartiality guidelines. Last year, he also wrote a letter to Germany newspaper Die Welt to state his “genuine sadness” over the 2016 outcome and that our nations remained “very much on the same side” despite departure from the European bloc. The 59-year-old stated that he typically avoided “getting involved in much politically” and felt that like him a lot of people considered themselves “politically homeless”. Thank you so much for your concern, which, I imagine, wouldn’t be a concern at all if you agreed with me. “Plus I’m a freelancer, I work for BT Sport, I work for all sorts of different things, so they don't apply to me – I knew that, I’ve always known that, so it’s not [and] it’s never been an issue. @GaryLineker Gary. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. BBC director general Tim Davie is willing to take a firm stance on BBC staff - including big stars - if they breach impartiality guidelines. "What I would say is that Gary has said since - the thing is to judge us now as the BBC on what we tweet, how we tweet and our social media profile. — Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) October 18, 2016 Since then he’s become increasingly vocal about his political views, with some fans suggesting that he … The tweet did not go down well with many of his followers, some of whom suggested he must have been drunk or his account had been hacked. 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