Jim McLean's Ghost Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 7 minutes ago, Wile E Coyote said: Lineker is currently in dispute with HMRC. They are chasing him for £4.9 million If people like him and Lorraine Kelly paid their dues nurses etc could get decent pay rises so hold off on the sainthood for now. I am on his side on this case though Tax avoidance stuff like this is usually due to the government carving out loopholes for their mates then "smart" accountants exploit it. See EBTs, whatever Jimmy Carr was up to, some movie funding tax avoidance scheme, music investment that got Gary Barlow. For every high profile celebrity that gets caught out as a tax cheat there are probably 100 other rich people who are abusing this stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 12 minutes ago, StellarHibee said: Wonder how long it will take them to replace the non-commentary with a "vote conservative" add campaign dubbed over the footage. LT Smash is currently writing a song called "Evit Avresnoc Etov" to play as the background music 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 18 minutes ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: Tax avoidance stuff like this is usually due to the government carving out loopholes for their mates then "smart" accountants exploit it. See EBTs, whatever Jimmy Carr was up to, some movie funding tax avoidance scheme, music investment that got Gary Barlow. For every high profile celebrity that gets caught out as a tax cheat there are probably 100 other rich people who are abusing this stuff. Yep, but it's useful to focus on Carr, Kelly, Barlow, Lineker etc as it keeps the attention away from the real big users of avoidance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 14 hours ago, Binos said: Match of the day was brilliant tonight no pointless shit filler plus no endless pouring over var during highlights sportscene an improvement also Are you joking? The coverage was akin to the Saturday roundup at the end of MOTD2. No contentious fouls shown, no argy bargy, no crowd shots, no slow-mo replays, no stats, facts or records. As a highlights package it was objectively worse. What you watched wasn't really MOTD. Edited March 12 by RawB93 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, RawB93 said: Are you joking? The coverage was akin to the Saturday roundup at the end of MOTD2. No contentious fouls shown, no argy bargy, no crowd shots, no slow-mo replays. As a highlights package it was objectively worse. What you watched wasn't really MOTD. Aye just football 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 3 minutes ago, Binos said: Aye just football Which you can get online very easily, thus rendering the programme pointless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 5 minutes ago, RawB93 said: Are you joking? No, he's lying, quite possibly to himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I preferred the no commentary but the rushed nature of the highlights was rubbish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, Monkey Tennis said: No, he's lying, quite possibly to himself. Absolutely no one, surely, tunes in to hear gary and his beige clichés Maybe you do The commentators on the games and their pundits are cheat apologists, they won't criticise their fellow pros 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 3 minutes ago, Binos said: Absolutely no one, surely, tunes in to hear gary and his beige clichés Maybe you do The commentators on the games and their pundits are cheat apologists, they won't criticise their fellow pros https://sg.style.yahoo.com/ian-wright-tears-strips-off-081034826.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, Ludo*1 said: If this takes out Sharp it will also be the end of Lineker on the Beeb. The Tories won't like losing one of their own without taking a wokey down with them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 6 minutes ago, Binos said: Absolutely no one, surely, tunes in to hear gary and his beige clichés Maybe you do The commentators on the games and their pundits are cheat apologists, they won't criticise their fellow pros On balance, I'd prefer some punditry to none, but on MOTD, there's probably usually too much of it. Commentary is absolutely necessary though, especially on highlights. Last night's programme without it, was dreadful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 3 minutes ago, carpetmonster said: https://sg.style.yahoo.com/ian-wright-tears-strips-off-081034826.html I can't say I missed ian on the telly Good luck to you if that ticks your boxes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 2 hours ago, btb said: Possibly off-topic but I note BBC2 are currently showing Women's soccer live. No presenter or pundits, and the commentary is the world feed provided. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 3 hours ago, Granny Danger said: I don’t think it matters. The backlash is far greater than any of those in power could have imagined and every effort will be made to bring it to a swift conclusion. There’s no benefit to the Tories in dragging this out. How can an organisation as large as the BBC with so many highly paid executives not anticipate the possible outcome? Since the BBC chairman is rich Tory, and the director general is Tory through and through, and part of the 'great and good'...., plus all the Tory MP's demanding Lineker's head, I'd say that some senior BBC executives felt that they had little choice, regardless of the outcome. As others have said, no one at the BBC, or in parliament, said anything at all while Andrew Neil and others, were spouting their Tory biased crap on their Twitters and podcasts. So this is indeed a political issue as well as football. Sorry about the red tick, my hand slipped. Edited March 12 by beefybake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I see the BBC decided the best way to fend off accusations of right-wing bias was to show an episode of Coast as filler on BBC2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 2023 and people still don't know about record fast forward and mute buttons 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, doulikefish said: 2023 and people still don't know about record fast forward and mute buttons Yeah, can't remember who but there was a Tory MP on Twitter claiming how much he liked the new format as it allowed him time to watch it all and still get to the pub before last orders. It doesn't fill me with confidence that the people in charge of making decisions on things like the economy, trade negotiations and the NHS are too thick to master iPlayer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 8 minutes ago, beefybake said: As others have said, no one at the BBC, or in parliament, said anything at all while Andrew Neil and others, were spouting their Tory biased crap Or indeed when Lineker tweeted his support for the Union in 2014. And while I disagreed with him on that I don't see why he shouldn't opine about that either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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