”ƒœ‡ …ƒ•ŠǦ‹Ǧ–”ƒ•‹– Š‡‹•– •Š‘…• ˜‹ŽŽƒ‰‡”•
LONDON - Gary Lineker is facing growing calls to be sacked after BBC sources said he ‘crossed a line’ by comparing Suella Braverman’s migrant crackdown to Nazi Germany. The corporation’s highest-paid star, who is on £1.35 million a year, will be rebuked by bosses for attacking the Home Secretary’s plans to ‘stop the boats’.
The Match of the Day host had shared online a video of Mrs Braverman outlining the Illegal Migration Bill, with the comment: ‘‘Good heavens, this is beyond awful.’’
He then used his Twitter account,
JOHANNESBURG - Cracked windows and walls are some of the remnants of Dikeledi Molele’s house after a bomb explosion during a cash-in-transit robbery shook 14 homes.
Molele had been visiting someone in her village of Ga-Maupa in Bolobedu, Limpopo, last Saturday when she heard a loud bang coming from close to her house. “I was informed by my mother that something bad had happened to my house. When I got home I found my yard littered with pieces of metal,” Molele told Sowetan.
“When I opened the house ... I realised that windows and walls were cracked and the roof almost collapsing. I think I was lucky that I was not home, maybe I could have died or sustained serious injuries.”
A cash delivery van that was cornered and bombed by thugs in her village left a trail of devastation, with many homes damaged.
The cash truck was chased by robbers from the R81 towards Giyani from Polokwane before the thugs caught up with it and bombed it in Ga-Maupa. It with 8.6 million followers, to describe the plans as ‘immeasurably cruel’.
Accused of being out of order, the former England footballer, who has been criticised for previous anti-Tory comments, replied: ‘‘There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries.
‘‘This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?’’
The remarks incensed Conservative MPs who accused the presenter of an ‘extraordinary and outrageous slur’. is alleged that they threw some of the stained money around before leaving the crime scene.
A resident who didn’t want to be named said he was filled with fear when the force of the blast rattled furniture and cooking ware in his house.
“I heard my dishes falling to the ground as I was preparing to cook. I was lucky
Tory MP for South Thanet Craig Mackinlay said Lineker’s comments were a ‘step too far’ and called for the BBC to fire him, The Times reported.
The BBC said Lineker would be ‘spoken to’ and ‘reminded of his responsibilities’.
But Jonathan Gullis, the Conservative MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, asked the public service broadcaster to ‘stand up’ to the outspoken presenter and ‘remind him his job is to talk football, not politics’.
Lineker (62), was expected to be rebuked by bosses ‘very promptly’ a BBC source said. They added: ‘‘It’s clear that a line has been crossed.’’ because nothing serious was damaged in my home except (drinking) glasses,” he said.
Police Spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said the driver of the cash van was shot and wounded, while a woman motorist was also seriously injured after she was caught in the crossfire between police and the suspects.