Tory MPs slam Lineker for 'thumbing his nose' at BBC as pressure grows on TV ... trends now
Gary Lineker was accused last night of 'thumbing his nose' at the BBC with further social media posts.
More than 48 hours after he likened the Government's migrant crackdown to Nazi Germany, corporation chiefs had still not decided what to do about their defiant star.
Tory MPs branded the situation a 'farce' as Lineker kept up his politicised comments.
The former England striker insisted the row was 'ridiculously out of proportion' and even suggested he would be allowed to host Match of the Day this weekend. His comments came despite a well-placed BBC source stressing: 'He's not absolved, it's not over.'
Home Secretary Suella Braverman, whose husband is Jewish, said his attack on her migration plans had 'diminished the unspeakable tragedy' of the Holocaust.
Gary Lineker (pictured leaving his home yesterday) was accused last night of 'thumbing his nose' at the BBC with further social media posts
Lineker took another Twitter swipe at the Conservatives yesterday, telling Penny Mordaunt he was 'better in the six-yard box than you are at the dispatch box'.
One MP said the presenter, who is the BBC's highest paid star on £1.35million a year, was 'laughing at everybody'.
Another suggested he did not appear to be 'interested' in what his bosses had to say.
On Tuesday night BBC sources claimed Lineker, 62, would be rebuked 'very promptly'.
But there has been no statement from the corporation since.
The row erupted on Tuesday after Lineker shared a video of Mrs Braverman outlining her Illegal Migration Bill, and commented: 'Good heavens, this is beyond awful.'
He also accused her of putting forward an 'immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s'.
On Wednesday he doubled down on his remarks, saying he had never known such 'love and support' and would 'continue to try and speak up'.
Yesterday he wrote on social media: 'Well, it's been an interesting couple of days.
'Happy that this ridiculously out of proportion story seems to be abating and very much looking forward to presenting BBC Match of
