When will they learn their lesson?
Make it football three, government nil after this morning’s confirmation that Gary Lineker will return to the presenters chair for this weekend’s FA Cup coverage.
From the outset this bizarre circus has been framed as Lineker versus the BBC. But the reality is that those at the top of the corporation are so intrinsically linked to the Tories that it should only be framed as a decision made on behalf of the government rather than an independent broadcaster.
