Gary Lineker has blasted a Tory MP for "outrageous and dangerously provocative" claims that he called northern voters "racist bigots".
The Match of the Day host rubbished comments from right-wing Tory Jonathan Gullis, who made the accusations during a TV interview where he boasted that he was not concerned with upsetting members of the "Twitterati".
Mr Gullis, a former minister, told Channel 4 that Rishi Sunak's hardline illegal immigration bill was "certainly tough and upset all the right people in the right places".
