Lineker is entitled to his opinions and if he chooses to air them on tw@tter, then good luck to him, as long as he doesn’t spout his political views on his football and sport shows, which I don’t believe that he has. What I do take issue with him is his equating of our government (which I do believe to be incompetent) with that of Hitler, which in my opinion (which I am entitled to) is absurd.

As for Gary Lineker himself, it is my view that he is grossly overpaid for prompting comments from other ex footballers and for being a Co-presenter on the frightful SPOTY. The BBC is wasting licence payers money on the bloke. Why can’t he comment on matches, he’s played at the very top level and is far more eloquent than some of the dumbos that he prompts? At least if he opined on matches himself a lot of money would be saved by not paying exorbitant fees to the lifeless lumps that he has sat next to him.