Gary Lineker has said the BBC should stop trying to placate its political opponents, adding that the broadcaster’s bosses spend too much time worrying about the views of people “who will hate you for ever”.
The Match of the Day presenter said newspapers such as the Daily Mail were ideologically committed to the downfall of the BBC. “We don’t sell ourselves well enough and we end up fearful of everybody. We seem be scared of the people that actually want to defund the BBC. They will always want to defund the BBC regardless of what the BBC does. Ignore them! Ignore them and concentrate on the people who love the BBC.”
