The TV presenter and former England footballer told Men's Health UK magazine that he stood by his comments on the government's asylum seeker policy, saying it never crossed his mind the controversy would 'lead to where it went'.
The TV presenter and former England footballer told Men's Health UK magazine that he stood by his comments on the government's asylum seeker policy, saying it never crossed his mind the controversy would"lead to where it went".Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has stood by his tweet about the government's"cruel" asylum policy which resulted in him being taken off air by the BBC.
The former England footballer was asked to"step back" from the popular highlights show over his comments comparing the language used to launch a newHe later returned to the presenting role after the row prompted a boycott by his fellow football pundits and commentators, hitting TV and radio coverage across the BBC.
But he told Alastair Campbell during an interview for Men's Health UK magazine that he stood by his comments. As part of the publication's Talking Heads interview series, he said:"When I sent that tweet, it honestly never even crossed my mind that it would lead to where it went."So, when I saw the Suella Braverman film, I said I thought it was pretty awful.
"Then the 'stick to football' people weighed in and I replied to one of them, just saying there was no massive influx, the UK takes far fewer refugees than other European countries, this is a cruel policy, and the language used in the debate reminds us of the debate in Germany in the 1930s.
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