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Outspoken BBC star Gary Lineker has been accused of going on a 'self-congratulatory fest' to Italy to collect a human rights award after his Nazi jibe at home secretary Suella Braverman.
The Match Of The Day presenter was taken off air in March after refusing to back down after comparing the Government's language on asylum seekers to 1930s Germany.
It sparked a major crisis for the BBC and a humiliating climbdown as Lineker agreed a deal which allowed him to tweet about refugees and climate change.
And now the corporation is facing yet another headache from its highest-paid star after it was revealed that he would attend an award ceremony hosted by Amnesty International in Rome tomorrow.
He will be presented with a 'sport and human rights award' by the organisation, which described him as a 'staunch advocate for the rights of refugees and migrants'.
The Match Of The Day presenter was hauled off air in March after refusing to back down after comparing the Government's language on asylum seekers to 1930s Germany
And now the corporation is facing yet another headache from its highest-paid star after it was revealed that he would attend an award ceremony hosted by Amnesty International in Rome on Wednesday
