On this week’s pod, Gavin and Sinéad discuss Gary Lineker’s early exit from the BBC, after he shared a social media post that included an anti-semitic trope.

They discuss how Lineker found his political voice, and why his challenging of the BBC’s impartiality rules made him a controversial figure.

They explain what those impartiality rules are, and how they are not appropriate for the coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.

They then also look at how sports bodies are using this language of impartiality to justify not ostracising Israel from international sport, as they did with Russia.

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