BBC journalist John Simpson says Gary Lineker is 'a bit to blame for mess' ... trends now
BBC journalist John Simpson says Gary Lineker is 'a bit to blame for mess' ... trends now
BBC journalist John Simpson says Gary Lineker is 'a bit to blame for mess' after the Match Of The Day host's anti-Tory tweets caused crisis John Simpson Lineker ‘must have known’ the situation was going to be ‘tricky' The-78-year-old said he would not have done it in the same way as Lineker
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Veteran BBC journalist John Simpson has accused Gary Lineker of helping to create the mess that the corporation has found itself in over the Match Of The Day presenter’s anti-Tory tweets.
The 78-year-old war correspondent said Lineker ‘must have known’ that talking about the Government’s immigration policy was going to be ‘tricky’.
Simpson, who presents his own Unspun World series, said he would not have done it in that way.
While the BBC and its director-general Tim
