Gary Lineker's suspension for tweeting about the Government's migrant bill has been likened to "Putin's Russia" in a scathing attack in the Commons.
Labour's shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell made the remark after claiming the BBC had "capitulated to a Tory cancel campaign" and said chairman Richard Sharp is "completely unable to carry out his role".
Addressing Tory minister Julia Lopez, she said: "What does she think it looks like to the outside world that a much loved sports presenter is taken off the air to tweeting something the government doesn't like?
