The BBC

[Carradona]

1 minute ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

And Stronts is boasting that he made it first.

Tories trying to one-up eachother in the dumb-as-fuck, outrageous comment stakes shocker.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

35 minutes ago, an tha said:

 MOTD has become little more than a goals show when it comes to the actual match footage 

Only when they're showing highlights of Liverpool v Man United.

[Rico1304]

The idea that he’s doing this (‘this’ being standing up for what he believes in and calling out these cunts for being cunts) to strengthen his legal case is about as mental as you can get.  Imagine a tax lawyer saying ‘Right Gary, send the tweet now!’ Mental. 

[an tha]

4 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Only when they're showing highlights of Liverpool v Man United.

Ooooh nice work!

[sir roger]

Everton won't be on MOTD at all next year in solidarity.

[magicrat]

3 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Everton won't be on MOTD at all next year in solidarity.

BBC don’t have the rights to Championship games anyway 

[Strontium]

31 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Because it couldn't possibly be about principles.

 

This is a guy who pocketed £1.6m from Qatar to front their sports coverage. You're crazy if you think his financial dispute with the BBC is playing no part here.

[Rico1304]

1 minute ago, Strontium said:

 

This is a guy who pocketed £1.6m from Qatar to front their sports coverage. You're crazy if you think his financial dispute with the BBC is playing no part here.

No.  Absolutely not. In fact completely ridiculous.  
 

 

[Colonel Bumcunt]

I don't see how Lineker returns without saying something to camera, like he often does, about all this.  Which of course the BBC won't want him to do, and will likely result in him breaching rules on revealing internal corporate matters.    But I just don't think he'd be able to help himself.  

 

 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

No commentary confirmed. Gary’s got them on board with his tax scam. 
 

 

[Rico1304]

3 minutes ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

I don't see how Lineker returns without saying something to camera, like he often does, about all this.  Which of course the BBC won't want him to do, and will likely result in him breaching rules on revealing internal corporate matters.    But I just don't think he'd be able to help himself.  

 

 

It’s not live. 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

1 minute ago, Rico1304 said:

It’s not live. 

That rules Martin Tyler out as replacement commentary then. 

[Strontium]

9 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

No.  Absolutely not. In fact completely ridiculous.  

 

So you don't think the small matter of 5 million quid may not lead him to think: fuck the BBC and their impartiality rules? Okay then.

[johnsusername]

6 minutes ago, Nelly-Matip said:

No commentary confirmed. Gary’s got them on board with his tax scam. 
 

 

 

Do we know if John Motson died of natural causes, or was it something more suspicious? Maybe he was about to blow the whistle on the pundits/commentators tax fraud? 

[Megadrive Man]

17 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

This is a guy who pocketed £1.6m from Qatar to front their sports coverage. You're crazy if you think his financial dispute with the BBC is playing no part here.

Yeah I'm sure he's been sitting at home patiently waiting for the Tories to do something he might be able to criticise.

 

Finally they've slipped up!

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

3 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

 

Do we know if John Motson died of natural causes, or was it something more suspicious? Maybe he was about to blow the whistle on the pundits/commentators tax fraud? 

Or he’s not really dead and Lineker talked him into an elaborate Inheritance Tax fraud. 

[Captain Willard]

9 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

This is a guy who pocketed £1.6m from Qatar to front their sports coverage. You're crazy if you think his financial dispute with the BBC is playing no part here.

2 points;

Firstly It is astonishing to see a multi millionaire who may have artificially constructed his contractual affairs with the BBC to avoid paying income tax being so angrily defended by the left. The fact that he’s in dispute over his income  tax and Irs35 has been widely reported. 
https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/27/gary-linekers-lawyers-say-hmrc-tax-probe-looking-in-the-wrong-place.

 

Secondly picking a high profile fight with the BBC about not adhering to their guidelines obviously helps his claim that he’s not an employee. The idea that this is a convenient coincidence is just naive. It’s not crazy to think his lawyer told him to do this now just as the case goes to court.
 

Maybe your easily triggered outrage is being played ? 
 

 

[Captain Willard]

36 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

The idea that he’s doing this (‘this’ being standing up for what he believes in and calling out these cunts for being cunts) to strengthen his legal case is about as mental as you can get.  Imagine a tax lawyer saying ‘Right Gary, send the tweet now!’ Mental. 

You obviously haven’t met a tax lawyer specialising in avoidance. 

[Rico1304]

3 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

So you don't think the small matter of 5 million quid may not lead him to think: fuck the BBC and their impartiality rules? Okay then.

Ok, so you think he’s setting his own defence strategy for his tax dispute? You think, off his own back, he’s decided the best way to win his case isn’t challenging the actual law, which a very experienced

judge will rule on but to play out a stunt?  
 

£5m is a lot of money, it’s probably to him about maybe a quarter of his net worth. If he loses he’ll be able to earn that £5m back in about 2 years. 

[Rico1304]

1 minute ago, Captain Willard said:

You obviously haven’t met a tax lawyer specialising in avoidance. 

One of my best friends is a senior partner at Latham and Watkins.  He deals with people whose wealth would make your eyes water and is currently writing the tax laws for a Middle Eastern country.  I spoke to him about this.  

[Strontium]

1 minute ago, Captain Willard said:

Firstly It is astonishing to see a multi millionaire who may have artificially constructed his contractual affairs with the BBC to avoid paying income tax being so angrily defended by the left.

 

I wonder if the consistency folks would be so firmly in his corner if he was using his freedom of speech to attack one of their sacred cows.

 

It's all so nakedly partisan. 

[Megadrive Man]

All part of his seven year plan to avoid tax

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Yeah, doofuses. 
 

Wake up. It’s all so transparent what Lineker is up to. Ignore the simple explanation that he shows compassion and concern towards refugees and, accordingly, would naturally speak out against any sort of dangerous rhetoric being used against this group of people. It’s clearly not that. It’s all about the money and getting one over HMRC. 
 

Gary is playing a very cynical long game to achieve his desired outcome. He even conned a couple of refugees by pretending he was a decent human being and offering them a roof over their head when, in reality, they were just useful pawns in his seedy little tax scam. 

[Rico1304]

1 minute ago, Nelly-Matip said:

Yeah, doofuses. 
 

Wake up. It’s all so transparent what Lineker is up to. Ignore the simple explanation that he shows compassion and concern towards refugees and, accordingly, would naturally speak out against any sort of dangerous rhetoric being used against this group of people. It’s clearly not that. It’s all about the money and getting one over HMRC. 
 

Gary is playing a very cynical long game to achieve his desired outcome. He even conned a couple of refugees by pretending he was a decent human being and offering them a roof over their head when, in reality, they were just useful pawns in his seedy little tax scam. 

Occam’s razor. 
 

Weird how 2 people who usually laugh at conspiracy theories seem to be pushing one here. You should read Sharmers book. 

[Vincent Vega]

33 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

2 points;

Firstly It is astonishing to see a multi millionaire who may have artificially constructed his contractual affairs with the BBC to avoid paying income tax being so angrily defended by the left. The fact that he’s in dispute over his income  tax and Irs35 has been widely reported. 
https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/27/gary-linekers-lawyers-say-hmrc-tax-probe-looking-in-the-wrong-place.

 

Secondly picking a high profile fight with the BBC about not adhering to their guidelines obviously helps his claim that he’s not an employee. The idea that this is a convenient coincidence is just naive. It’s not crazy to think his lawyer told him to do this now just as the case goes to court.
 

Maybe your easily triggered outrage is being played ? 
 

 

Take your nonsense to Conservative Home.