Gary Lineker has come under fire for criticising the Government's new asylum policy, and we want to know what you think.
The BBC Match of the Day presenter had written about a video from Home Secretary Suella Braverman which was outlining government plans to stop migrants crossing the Channel on small boats and arguing the UK is being 'overwhelmed.'
World Cup hero Lineker tweeted: “There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the ’30s.”
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Ms Braverman told ITV's Good Morning Britain she was 'very disappointed' by his comments. And the Prime Minister's press secretary also told reporters: “It’s obviously disappointing to see someone whose salary is funded by hard-working British (licence fee) payers using that kind of rhetoric and seemingly dismissing their legitimate concerns that they have about small boats crossings and illegal migration.”
But what do you think. Should BBC presenters like Gary Lineker be allowed to criticise government policy? Or should BBC stars always be neutral, even if they don't work for the news department?
Vote in our poll below. And if you want to tell us how you voted, let us know in the comments section.
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