Gary Lineker?s critics have got it wrong. It?s reasonable to talk about more than spo

The Match of the Day presenter has been challenged again on his views on Gaza and Israel. But can we really expect him to have no opinions about the outside world?
The most extraordinary revelation to come from Gary Lineker?s interview with Amol Rajan on the BBC is that he?d sometimes come home from school to find Engelbert Humperdinck playing cards with his dad. Surprisingly, almost all the reaction to the conversation has ignored this bombshell ? Engelbert apparently not such a big player in the culture war world; best focus on your Middle Easts, your Bravermans, your impartialities, Brian.
Of course the job of news outlets is to pick out headlines but it does appear almost no one has watched the whole programme. It?s essentially a nice wide-ranging interview covering the career of one of the best English footballers and football broadcasters of all time.
Continue reading...

More...