The corporation’s highest-paid earner, Lineker regularly speaks out on topical issues, such as the plight of child refugees, the forcible removal of statues, and press regulation.Well played, Marcus. He was too busy concentrating on football when young to engage much in anything else. You can unsubscribe at any time.Gary Lineker has agreed to take a refugee into his homeThe scenes in Dover this week after dozens of boat crossingsA boat of people brought in from the Channel this weekLineker has been struck by the plight of people searching for a new homeThe football star appealing for people to be more compassionate Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.
But he is full of admiration for the current generation of stars willing to speak out such as Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, 22 – who campaigned for free school meals for poor kids –and 25-year-old Raheem Sterling, the Gary adds: “We are in a different world now than in my time. This week it’s ‘a small minority’ when in fact it was anything but. I don’t understand why if someone has a different opinion you have to fall out.”Gary started campaigning for refugees following the loss of Syrian boy Alan Kurdi, who drowned off Greece in 2015.The recent death in the Channel of a Sudanese man reinforced his determination to raise the plight.He says: “It was seeing the images of what was happening when they were going in the boats and landing in Greece, seeing families dying, it just struck me as so intolerably sad.“I just thought we were going anti them with front pages with all this anti-refugee propaganda and I thought, put yourself in their shoes.“Imagine if it was London that was being bombed and we had to flee somewhere and nobody would accept you and nobody would want us and everyone would hate you.”Some may suggest Gary’s genuine niceness comes with a degree of naivety.When asked how he would solve the Channel migrant crisis, he offers no remedy beyond an appeal for people to be more compassionate.What is his message to Home Secretary Priti Patel?He pauses, reluctant to get into a political row, but notes her family were immigrants.Gary said his political conscience has grown with age.
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Bloody messy buggers boys, aren’t they?”Gary’s commitment to refugees led him to make a video for the International Rescue Committee charity on fish and chips.This most typical of British foods was introduced here in the 16th century by Jewish refugees from Spain and Portugal fleeing persecution by the Spanish Inquisition.Gary explains: “Most of the things we think of as quintessentially British are often brought in from different shores. The review will ensure that someone making an impartial BBC programme on transgender issues had not previously expressed strong views on the subject on social media, Purnell said.A former Labour Culture Secretary, Purnell said that Sambrook was an appropriate choice to conduct the impartiality review, despite the emergence of tweets expressing strong anti-Brexit views before the journalism professor took on the role.All rights reserved. Even St George is Turkish.“I just think we owe a lot to refugees, and most people are descended from refugees at some point.“They have given so much to this country and still continue to do so in terms of the jobs they do which we have witnessed during the pandemic in the NHS, carers and key workers.”Gary is well aware many people think he should just stick to talking about football.And the former Spurs and England striker expects further abuse online for sticking up for refugees.He replies: “It’s about being on the right side yourself.
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