They see is it as a kind of home of "left-wing agitation" and "cultural Marxism". This has just absolutely infuriated the right-wing press in Britain, which is extremely powerful and which is very connected to all the power centres in the conservative government as well.Īnd this has been also mixed in with the BBC being one of the bête noires of the right wing of the Conservative party.Īs much as they hate the European Union, they also hate the BBC. He's one of the most famous men in the country - and he's gone from that in the past couple of years to be a kind of avatar of the culture war that is being waged essentially by a kind of very right-wing Conservative party and their acolytes in the media.īBC cuts flagship football show after suspending star host Gary Lineker
James Montague: Gary Lineker, very strangely, has gone from being a national hero, as you know, a striker for England, scoring a hat-trick in the World Cup in '86 against Poland, to a mild-mannered presenter of the Match of the Day, which is the big highlights package for the Premier League. Amidst the continued debate, Euronews View spoke with James Montague, football journalist and the author of 1312: Among the Ultras, A Journey With the World’s Most Extreme Fans, about how Lineker grew from a football icon to a key public figure advocating for human rights in Britain, the growing far-right sentiments in the country, and the role of the current government in fuelling the animosities towards migrants.Įuronews View: Why do you think events surrounding what Gary Lineker said had such staying power in the UK over the past week or so? Why are people so disturbed and/or bolstered by it?
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