When a prominent left-wing celebrity wants to attack a conservative person or policy they very often make a comparison with Hitler’s Germany or his Nazi party.
The latest person to draw this invidious, ignorant and downright offensive parallel with the gold standard of political evil is the former footballer turned Match of the Day BBC commentator Gary Lineker.
Presumably, the star has calculated that his fame and popularity with football fans make him unsackable
In Tweets attacking the government’s new Bill attempting to crack down on illegal migrants crossing the Channel, Lineker said that it was an ‘immeasurably cruel’ policy that was ‘beyond awful’ and that it used language directed at the migrants ‘not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s’.
His comments drew an angry reaction from Tory MPs, who called on the corporation to button Lineker’s notoriously loose lips.
Lineker, whose £1.35
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