Gary Lineker linked to front new Brexit campaign (Image: GETTY)
The Match of the Day host has been a constant critic of Brexit and has even appeared at rallies with anti-Brexit MPs recently. While Mr Lineker is a popular and outspoken critic of Brexit, divisions have begun to emerge from within the Labour party over its Brexit strategy, including whether the former footballer should be used to lead the second referendum campaign, according to the Evening Standard. In an apparent bid to stop the flow of MPs leaving the party, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn declared that his party would back another EU referendum but some of its own MPs are still unsure if Mr Lineker should even be used.
Alex Sobel, MP for Leeds North West said at a People’s Vote meeting: “We have got to forget about the political elite and about Gary Lineker and all of that.”
The fort within the party over its strategy continued as shadow fisheries minister, Luke Pollard added that the party needed “listening volunteers” not ones just shouting “they lied”.
One of the more high-profile backers of a People’s Vote, Mr Lineker appeared at a rally with Remainer MP Jo Johnson in November following his resignation from Government.
The former footballer also voiced his support for Tory MPs Anna Soubry, Heidi
