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The BBC have stood Gary Lineker down from his Match of the Day presenting duties after a row with the Conservative party, with Ian Wright pulling out of Saturday's show in response

Wayne Lineker has sparked a huge backlash after posting a distasteful migrant joke while his brother Gary Lineker has been taking off air following his tweets on the government's new immigration policy

The Mirror has launched a petition calling for Gary Lineker to be reinstated to Match of the Day by the BBC - we urge anyone who values liberty and free speech to join the 200,000 people who've already signed it

Gary Lineker has broken his silence after BBC bosses confirmed that will not be presenting Match of the Day until they had "agreed a clear position" on his social media use

The BBC confirmed this evening that Gary Lineker will not be presenting Match of the Day until both the broadcaster and Gary come to an agreement 'and clear position on his use of social media'

Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright has pulled out of appearing on Match of the Day this weekend after the BBC dropped Gary Lineker from the programme

Gary Lineker has been axed from Match of the Day by the BBC after comments he made on social media criticising the Conservative government with Gary Neville leaping to his defence

The BBC have stood Gary Lineker down from hosting duties on Match of the Day after a tweet of his sparked a row with the Conversative government, leaving fans furious

BBC have confirmed Gary Lineker will not present Match of the Day this weekend and say his social media posts were a 'breach of our guidelines', but sources close to the presenter claim the decision to 'step back' from the show was not a joint one

Brian Reade analyses the issues surrounding Tory outrage over Gary Lineker's recent tweet about the Government's immigration policy

Andrew Marr used his LBC show to blast the Tories and the BBC over their response to Gary Lineker's migrant tweet and urged people to 'start talking about something else'

Tweets by Lord Alan Sugar are now being called into question following a row over what BBC stars can and can't say on social media

The Match of the Day host branded the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the '30s”

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly became the latest minister to hit out at the Match of the Day presenter, saying he needs to "study history books" after comparing language around the Government's asylum policy to 1930s Germany

Gary Lineker suggested he will not be reprimanded by the BBC for his political tweet and was 'looking forward' to being on our screens on Saturday evening to present Match of the Day

Richard Madeley gave his verdict on Gary Lineker's Nazi Germany comments on BBC's Question Time tonight, describing them as 'stupid' but also insisting Gary was entitled to 'free speech'

Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin is back in training with boss Sean Dyche hoping the club's talismanic but oft-injured No.9 will soon be ready to lead his attack

Piers Morgan says many who slammed Jeremy Clarkson last year over his controversial Meghan Markle column are now defending Gary Lineker's right to free speech, amid the ongoing drama between the Match of the Day presenter and his BBC employers

Dritan Kastrati nearly died three times when he was smuggled out of mainland Europe to escape his home on the ­Kosovan-Albanian border at the age of 11

The former England goal scorer hit back at the Conservative MP after she mentioned him in a football analogy in the Commons. He is already in a Twitter row for comparing the government's new asylum policy to Nazi Germany

Gary Lineker has left a large proportion of Conservative politicians foaming at the mouth after expressing his disgust at the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill, leading to a campaign to get him sacked - purely, it seems, for having an opinion

Gary Lineker found himself in the spotlight on Wednesday after a controversial tweet comparing the government's proposed immigration policy to that of the Nazis

Gary Lineker has hit out on social media for his comments being blown "out of proportion" after he compared the the recent proposed Tory immigration policy to Nazi Germany

The BBC reportedly will not be taking disciplinary action against Gary Lineker after he appeared to draw comparison between the government's proposed immigration policy and Nazi Germany in a tweet

The Match of the Day host's tweet comparing the UK's new Illegal Migration Bill to Nazi Germany has caused a headache for his employers