It’s not a proper Tory bunfight until Nadine Dorries weighs in. The former Culture Secretary has never been shy to share her opinions and she has now weighed into the ongoing row about Gary Lineker and Match of the Day. ‘Lineker off air amid Twitter row’ roared the strap-line on Dorries’ flagship Friday show as she asked her guests whether the former England star’s tweets ought to represent a ‘line in the sand’ moment for BBC. Dorries also took to Twitter to declare:
@GaryLineker does need to decide though, is he a footie presenter or a candidate for the Labour Party? We discuss on my show tonight on @TalkTV 8pm !
Mr S couldn’t help but notice there is a certain irony in a sitting MP demanding others choose between being a politician or a presenter while, er, presenting her own TV show. Indeed, the Mirror noted in February that she had not spoken in the Commons since Boris Johnson’s resignation in July, nearly eight months earlier.
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