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Lineker says BBC has 'tied itself up in knots' over impartiality rules

Asked whether he sympathised with the BBC over its handling of the Trump saga, Lineker told the London Standard: “The BBC is still the most trusted and respected media organisation on the planet.

“I don’t know what led them to do what they did. They didn’t even need to. I suspect it was just some kind of error. I can’t imagine anyone thinking, ‘If we put that there it makes him look worse.’”


Members of the jury, this is not a complex case, it may be summed up via two comparatively simple lines of evidence.

You have heard the defence prove without a shadow of doubt that the prosecution evidence was fabricated and the defendant Mr Donald Trump did not say the words the prosecution alleges he said. This falsified evidence is the whole basis of prosecution case, without that it falls to the ground.

You, members of the jury may think this conclusive and the defendant has no case to answer. However, the prosecution has received a late claim by Mr Gary Lineker, a former footballer and for may years a sporting celebrity employed by the prosecution to give his opinions on football matches.

This additional prosecution evidence is that Mr Lineker does not like Mr Trump.

Therefore members of the jury, it is clear that you must weigh the balance of evidence. On the one hand the incontrovertible evidence that the prosecution case rests on falsified evidence, on the other hand the equally incontrovertible evidence that Mr Gary Lineker does not like Mr Trump the defendant.

Members of the jury, it is for you to weigh that evidence