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I don't think Lineker has a vendetta against a political party. He's just a centrist, compassionate human - like most people.

This. Obviously some people will say "it was better' just because... actually, I don't know why. In many cases simply to have a dig at the BBC. Personally, I'd prefer some of the match edits to be a bit longer, not shorter as that tells you nothing about the game/balance of play. The punditry...

Agreed regarding contractual obligation but my understanding is there was a rights issue regarding world feed commentary. Regardless, they may have opted to go with a shorter show anyway as producing anything better could have been very dangerous for the future.

Haven’t seen it yet but interesting to hear the match edits were so short. I’m guessing that’s a rights issue and they couldn’t use the world feed after all. Either that or a shrewd move. Full edits with the usually very decent world feed commentary would have given the BBC bashers the perfect...

This is an interesting situation as there will be interviews available on the world feed. There's no reason why the BBC can't use those for Match of the Day. If they opt not to, that in itself would be a bit of push back against the decision to remove Lineker. Kudos to those who've stepped away...

Not that peculiar when the Chairman helped arrange an £800,000 loan to Boris Johnson and is a Tory donor. How's that for impartiality?