BBC’s Gary Lineker to ‘Step Back’ From Match of the Day Amid Twitter Row

Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker leaves his home in London following reports that the BBC is to have a "frank conversation" with the ex-England striker after Home Secretary Suella Braverman branded as "irresponsible" the TV presenter's comments in which he compared the language used to launch the Government's new asylum policy to 1930s Germany. Picture date: March 9, 2023. PA Media

Gary Lineker will step back from presenting Match Of The Day until he and the BBC have an “agreed and clear position on his use of social media,” after he posted a tweet criticising the government’s migrant policy.

The BBC is temporarily standing Gary Lineker down from hosting duties on its flagship football show after he compared the language used to launch the government’s new asylum policy to 1930s Germany.