Good to see Gary Lineker stand up to the right wing nut jobs (which is now the majority of the Tory party). It a pity that the BBC has not stood up for his right to freedom of expression since he is not a news reader. They did not try to censure him when he had a go against Qatar during the world cup. The Tory party and their supporters has used language that includes, invasion, hordes, swarms, swamping and coach roaches against people seeking asylum in this country. He is therefore is correct in calling out the Nazi terminology that has been used.
The right wing have been very voracious in the last 5 years in calling people snowflakes for being easily offended and have been on a crusade against cancel culture. Yet they doing exactly the same against Lineker. Why are they so scared of an ex footballer and sports presenter? Maybe it is because of the truth of what he says.
One of his main accuser is the dead cat tosser Lee Anderson, who says ‘This is just another example of how out of touch these overpaid stars are with the voting public. Instead of lecturing, Mr Lineker should stick to reading out the football scores and flogging crisps’. This is from a man who states on his website ‘we live in a free country, and with free speech comes the right to sometimes offend’.
Their plan would criminalise anyone coming to the country illegally and bar them from returning. But there is no route for them to apply legally. This is very Kafkaesque. The only real routes are for Ukrainians, certain people from Afghanistan (only 1 has been accepted) and the Hong Kong Chinese (up to 400,000 are eligible). This current plan has nothing to do with cutting immigration, it is all about red meat for their supporters. They know that this will not be in place before the next election. It will be held up in the lords and in the courts. They are doing it so that at the next election they can accuse the opposition and ‘lefty lawyers’ (it is either legal or not) of being anti-British, going against the will of the people (another fascist trope) and being happy to surrender the country to immigrants.
I have no issue with controlling immigration but there must be a legal route for people in need to apply to live here. It is ironic that a few of the Tory MP’s and ministers would not be here if these rules were applied to their families in the past.