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Match of the Day will be broadcast without any presenters or pundits this weekend, after host Gary Lineker was suspended from the BBC for breaching impartiality guidelines with his criticism of the government’s asylum policies.
In a dramatic and unexpected escalation of a crisis that has been brewing all week, the corporation took the decision to take its highest-paid presenter off its flagship football show after he was criticised by Tory MPs and the rightwing media.
His suspension immediately led to displays of solidarity from Lineker’s co-hosts Ian Wright and Alan Shearer, who publicly announced they would not be turning up to work to present Saturday’s show. Faced with an effective strike by its on-screen staff and unable to find willing replacements, the BBC took the unprecedented decision to announce the Premier League highlights programme would be going ahead without any hosts or studio presentation. Instead, it will only feature match footage.
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR
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