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11: Gary Lineker: Politics, football and the BBC

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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The Crisis of Impartiality

I was in a restaurant when Ian Wright went out of the show and then when Alan did as well, I didn't share it. Did they not tell you they were going to do it? Ian Wright, when it first happened, said, why is this an issue? If they do anything, I'm not going on. Alex Scott, and then Jermaine Junis and Micah, and then all the commentators and then the match reporters. And then even the footballers said they weren't going to do any. It was like, my goodness, this is not doing it. But they actually, to get that kind of team spirit, that kind of camaraderie and

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