Incoming chairman Samir Shah says he imagines the BBC is “considering its response”. <\/p>
The BBC\u2019s incoming chairman has suggested that Gary Lineker\u2019s posts criticising Conservative politicians \u201cseem to breach\u201d the corporation\u2019s social media rules<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Samir Shah said that the Match of the Day host appeared to have broken the rules by criticising MPs Grant Shapps, Jonathan Gullis and Lee Anderson.<\/span><\/p>\n The row was sparked when Lineker added his name to an open letter calling for the Government to scrap its plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda earlier this week.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI would imagine the BBC is now looking into that and considering its response,\u201d Shah told Parliament\u2019s Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Wednesday morning (13th December).<\/span><\/p>\n Lineker signed a letter calling on the government to create a \u201cfair new plan for refugees\u201d on Monday, sparking outrage among the Conservative MPs, w<\/span>ho accused him of breaching the BBC\u2019s impartiality rules.<\/span><\/p>\n Anderson said of Lineker on X (formerly Twitter): <\/span>\u201cFor once in his life, Gary\u2019s absolutely right \u2013 we do need a system that reflects the will of the British people. What the people want is to stop the boats and to tell overpaid crisp salesmen to put a sock in it.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAlongside cracking down on illegal migration, we need another robust system which keeps Lineker as far away from the public as possible, to give us all a rest from his left wing out of touch nonsense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n I guess we\u2019ll find out what the will of the British people is at the next general election. If you do end up out of work, I\u2019ll put in a word for you with @walkers_crisps<\/a> \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb https:\/\/t.co\/sxk3BPiNYG<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) December 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>