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Pierre the Painter

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May 20, 2020
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Should be a P45 and have someone in who has more recently retired who understands the modern game more.

Jermaine Jenas hosts MOTDX which is MOTD'S exciting, sexy younger brother, created for the youth, surely he's the go to guy?? Other than that Manish Bhasin or Rishi Persad?

This now means that Zoe Ball is the highest paid employee on the BBC payroll, a victory for equality.
 




Springal

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Feb 12, 2005
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Should be a P45 and have someone in who has more recently retired who understands the modern game more.

He’s the presenter rather than the pundit / analyst.
 


KZNSeagull

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Nov 26, 2007
19,693
Wolsingham, County Durham
Still ludicrously high as is Shearer and no doubt Wright etc. I cannot see how their salaries are justified considering they do the square root of sweet fanny adams most of the time. Shearer appears to get paid £1k a word per annum. Bin them all.
 


Peteinblack

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Jun 3, 2004
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Is the hatred of Lineker due to his (undeniably exorbitant) salary, or his politics?

If a prominent BBC presenter was on the same salary, but regularly Tweeted pro-Brexit and anti-immigrant or anti-Greta Thunberg views instead, I bet there wouldn't be the same rejoicing or sneering.

Hypocrisy, too, that he's being 'reminded' of his 'responsibilities' over political Tweets at the same time as the Tories are claiming to be defenders of free speech against the 'fascist Left' and 'cancel culture'.

I guess prominent public figures should only express personal opinions which would be agreed with by Daily Mail readers.
 
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Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
23,102
Sussex by the Sea
Is the hatred of Lineker due to his (undeniably exorbitant) salary, or his politics?

If a prominent BBC presenter was on the same salary, but regularly Tweeted pro-Brexit and anti-immigrant or anti-Greta Thunberg views instead, I bet there wouldn't be the same rejoicing or sneering.

Hypocrisy, too, that he's being 'reminded' of his 'responsibilities' over political Tweets at the same time as the Tories are claiming to be defenders of free speech against the 'fascist Left' and 'cancel culture'.

I guess prominent public figures should only express personal opinions which would be agreed with by Daily Mail readers.

Who cares, so long as he pays his dues?

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/09/revealed-scheme-gary-lineker-tax-barbados-home
 




Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
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Steve Wright :nono:
 




Jermaine Jenas hosts MOTDX which is MOTD'S exciting, sexy younger brother, created for the youth, surely he's the go to guy?? Other than that Manish Bhasin or Rishi Persad?

This now means that Zoe Ball is the highest paid employee on the BBC payroll, a victory for equality.

So Zoe Ball, who is losing listeners, gets a ****ing great pay rise just because she is a bint? And they wonder why there is a growing campaign to defund the BBC?
 


RossyG

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Dec 20, 2014
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If a prominent BBC presenter was on the same salary, but regularly Tweeted pro-Brexit and anti-immigrant or anti-Greta Thunberg views instead, I bet there wouldn't be the same rejoicing or sneering.

We wouldn’t have time. They’d be straight out the door.

As for the BBC, scrap the licence fee and I won’t care what these lack-talents are paid. Not that I think anyone on that top ten list is worthy of polishing the boots of Clive James, Alan Whicker, or Jacob Bronowski.
 


A1X

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Sep 1, 2017
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If a prominent BBC presenter was on the same salary, but regularly Tweeted pro-Brexit and anti-immigrant or anti-Greta Thunberg views instead, I bet there wouldn't be the same rejoicing or sneering.

Has Andrew Neill ever been rebuked for the same reasons Lineker has been?
 




Cpt. Spavil

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Mar 9, 2008
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Jermaine Jenas hosts MOTDX which is MOTD'S exciting, sexy younger brother, created for the youth, surely he's the go to guy?? Other than that Manish Bhasin or Rishi Persad?

This now means that Zoe Ball is the highest paid employee on the BBC payroll, a victory for equality.

I would go for him, I think MOTD needs a revamp IMO,
 






Leekbrookgull

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Jul 14, 2005
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Still ludicrously high as is Shearer and no doubt Wright etc. I cannot see how their salaries are justified considering they do the square root of sweet fanny adams most of the time. Shearer appears to get paid £1k a word per annum. Bin them all.

Think that Shearer is a round 500k a year,you can have a go at least you haven't been relegated from The EPL.
 









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