Lineker out-wokes Lily Allen

[Countdown]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Tankrizzo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Internet: You virtue signalling tt.

...said nobody on this thread.

It was a wild prediction, a crazy stab in the dark, that, as it transpires, didn't take long to be proven correct.

I don't know how I do it sometimes, I even surprise myself. Predicting that the PH massive would not be impressed....who knew???

Lineker (or possibly anybody that NP&E considers an Evil Lefty) could drive 1000 miles to save the life of a WW2 veteran and his puppy and people would say he’s only doing it for the free Shell points.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Countdown said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Tankrizzo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Internet: You virtue signalling tt.

...said nobody on this thread.

It was a wild prediction, a crazy stab in the dark, that, as it transpires, didn't take long to be proven correct.

I don't know how I do it sometimes, I even surprise myself. Predicting that the PH massive would not be impressed....who knew???

Lineker (or possibly anybody that NP&E considers an Evil Lefty) could drive 1000 miles to save the life of a WW2 veteran and his puppy and people would say he’s only doing it for the free Shell points.

Ain't this the truth.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

SpeckledJim said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Yes, if anyone needs to raise their public profile , it's Gary Lineker. I mean, who is he? Just another 5 minute wonder celeb famous for doing nothing much.

And yes, I hear he's really unpopular at the BBC, so anything he can do to make himself look good will help.

You aren't the slightest bit sceptical that the reason he's visibly opening his own home, instead of quietly finding £500 a month to give a whole family a whole home of their own, might be more for the optics than the utility?

I don't want to make the good the enemy of the perfect, but it's not an entirely guile-free manoeuvre from one of Britain's most famous wokers, is it?

Have you followed the story. He thinks the UK govt should do more to help immigrants. You may not agree, but he's entitled to his view. Some brainless Tory MP threw back the usual "you wouldn't have them in you home" retort. So now he is having them in his home.

But this being PH, the bad guy here is Gary Lineker.

[fat80b]

Randy Winkman said:

But look at the thread title.

Why thank you - I will admit to spending just a brief moment to try and get the most inflammatory thread title purely to maximise the frothy responses.

[KrazyIvan]

What's this to do with Lilly Allen? Gary hasn't apologised on behalf of the whole of Europe has he!

[biggbn]

mudster said:

Call me Sherlock, but would it be beyond the realms of possibility that he feels he could give a better start to a young life?

There must always be a personal agenda on PH

[fat80b]

KrazyIvan said:

What's this to do with Lilly Allen? Gary hasn't apologised on behalf of the whole of Europe has he!

Lily Allen: 'I would take in a refugee'

Lily Allen says that she would "of course" take a displaced child migrant into her own home after visiting the "jungle" migrant camp in Calais.

She was speaking on the Victoria Derbyshire show after being asked why "supercilious celebrities like Lily Allen and Bob Geldof do not take in refugees".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-3763393...

and then of course she didn't
https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/956302/li...

[Unknown_User]

Gary's actions have really upset some people. Unsurprising really.

Well done Gary.

[SpeckledJim]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

SpeckledJim said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Yes, if anyone needs to raise their public profile , it's Gary Lineker. I mean, who is he? Just another 5 minute wonder celeb famous for doing nothing much.

And yes, I hear he's really unpopular at the BBC, so anything he can do to make himself look good will help.

You aren't the slightest bit sceptical that the reason he's visibly opening his own home, instead of quietly finding £500 a month to give a whole family a whole home of their own, might be more for the optics than the utility?

I don't want to make the good the enemy of the perfect, but it's not an entirely guile-free manoeuvre from one of Britain's most famous wokers, is it?

Have you followed the story. He thinks the UK govt should do more to help immigrants. You may not agree, but he's entitled to his view. Some brainless Tory MP threw back the usual "you wouldn't have them in you home" retort. So now he is having them in his home.

But this being PH, the bad guy here is Gary Lineker.

He's definitely a good guy, no question.

To play devil's advocate a minute longer - he hadn't thought it a good idea until someone tried to call his bluff on Twitter. And at that point, it's suddenly the right thing to do.

But, yes, he's right about immigration, and he's a damn sight doing more about it than I am.

[amusingduck]

SpeckledJim said:

He's definitely a good guy, no question.

To play devil's advocate a minute longer - he hadn't thought it a good idea until someone tried to call his bluff on Twitter. And at that point, it's suddenly the right thing to do.

That's perfectly possible, to be fair - Why would you invite a random person to live with you? Perhaps he never considered it until someone asked him specifically.

I can't think of anything I'd enjoy less than living with a random person, although maybe that's just me

[Mafffew]

Unknown_User said:

Gary's actions have really upset some people. Unsurprising really.

Well done Gary.

Agreed.

It is all a bit sad really.

[Hoofy]

Well, good for him. One lucky person is going to get access to a lot of crisps.

[pequod]

amusingduck said:

SpeckledJim said:

He's definitely a good guy, no question.

To play devil's advocate a minute longer - he hadn't thought it a good idea until someone tried to call his bluff on Twitter. And at that point, it's suddenly the right thing to do.

That's perfectly possible, to be fair - Why would you invite a random person to live with you? Perhaps he never considered it until someone asked him specifically.

I can't think of anything I'd enjoy less than living with a random person, although maybe that's just me

Do you imagine Lineker will be daily involved with looking after his new guest for the next few months in a spare bedroom and sharing daily meals followed by sitting together on the sofa watching back episodes of MOTD?

This has all the hallmarks of his stance on Brexit and his liberal views, but he has no answers to the economic migration of people illegally entering Europe.

He should have housed Gazza under his substantial roof to spare us all, and him, from all the shenanigans of his former team mate.

[SpeckledJim]

amusingduck said:

SpeckledJim said:

He's definitely a good guy, no question.

To play devil's advocate a minute longer - he hadn't thought it a good idea until someone tried to call his bluff on Twitter. And at that point, it's suddenly the right thing to do.

That's perfectly possible, to be fair - Why would you invite a random person to live with you? Perhaps he never considered it until someone asked him specifically.

I can't think of anything I'd enjoy less than living with a random person, although maybe that's just me

I wouldn't. But I'm not as nice a person as Gary Lineker. Nor am I famous for being nice. (Nor am I famous for anything else).

But there's no chance the first time the idea occurred of sharing his house was when he was challenged to do it by an MP on Twitter. And sure, the ends justify the means, and it's certainly an overall 'good thing'. But it's not Gary's conscience that prompted it. It's being publicly stung by a gobby MP that prompted it.

(But, yes, it's good, and it's going to add pressure to other public voices that make a lot of noise but don't walk their talk).

Like Niall Quinn forever killed the testimonial as a pay-day, perhaps Gary will kill the hollow Twitter exhortation.

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld]

Surely the point it that Gary will get to chose who comes to live with him (like a lodger) in his large house, in a safe, predominantly white, leafy enclave. His children are no longer at local schools (if they ever were) and I'm pretty sure he and his family have access to terrific private health care.

Meanwhile hundreds of people a day are arriving in this country illegally, and are being punted around the country, more often than not to the places least equipped to deal with this influx.

[dandarez]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

SpeckledJim said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Yes, if anyone needs to raise their public profile , it's Gary Lineker. I mean, who is he? Just another 5 minute wonder celeb famous for doing nothing much.

And yes, I hear he's really unpopular at the BBC, so anything he can do to make himself look good will help.

You aren't the slightest bit sceptical that the reason he's visibly opening his own home, instead of quietly finding £500 a month to give a whole family a whole home of their own, might be more for the optics than the utility?

I don't want to make the good the enemy of the perfect, but it's not an entirely guile-free manoeuvre from one of Britain's most famous wokers, is it?

Have you followed the story. He thinks the UK govt should do more to help immigrants. You may not agree, but he's entitled to his view. Some brainless Tory MP threw back the usual "you wouldn't have them in you home" retort. So now he is having them in his home.

But this being PH, the bad guy here is Gary Lineker.

He's having 'them' in his home?

What, now it's more than one refugee?
You're well informed or just crap at making a point.

[Oilchange]

As long as the 14 year old refugee isn't actually 29 and has a modicum of decency, Lineker might have actually done a decent thing...

Trouble is all those other migrants will now see millionaires offering free housing to everyone so the floodgates could truly open now!

[Gadgetmac]

Evanivitch said:

And let's be clear, he was challenged by an MP on twitter to "put his money where his mouth was", and so he did.

Quite why MPs are engaging with non-politcial figures in such childish retorts I don't know.

But that an MP would “put his money where his mouth is”.

[Pothole]

pequod said:

Do you imagine Lineker will be daily involved with looking after his new guest for the next few months in a spare bedroom and sharing daily meals followed by sitting together on the sofa watching back episodes of MOTD?

This has all the hallmarks of his stance on Brexit and his liberal views, but he has no answers to the economic migration of people illegally entering Europe.

He should have housed Gazza under his substantial roof to spare us all, and him, from all the shenanigans of his former team mate.

I expect there will be sharing of meals. Mr Lineker loves to cook, and is pretty good, according to Danny Baker.

[dandarez]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Countdown said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Tankrizzo said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Internet: You virtue signalling tt.

...said nobody on this thread.

It was a wild prediction, a crazy stab in the dark, that, as it transpires, didn't take long to be proven correct.

I don't know how I do it sometimes, I even surprise myself. Predicting that the PH massive would not be impressed....who knew???

Lineker (or possibly anybody that NP&E considers an Evil Lefty) could drive 1000 miles to save the life of a WW2 veteran and his puppy and people would say he’s only doing it for the free Shell points.

Ain't this the truth.

Only in the sad worlds of you two!

I don't think Gary is an evil lefty, far from it, he's simply a ex-footballer who wasn't bad at his sport who has made good as a celeb,
but who is also an attention-seeker par excellence. He thrives on it. No more, no less.

Wait and see how the story pans out, then come back.

Here's the reality of today's media reporting on it.
I just tried to read this (incomprehensible) crap. Kids at my playgroup can construct better than this (so at least there is some hope!).

PA Media (formerly the once highly respected Press Association)
It's compiled and written by Sherna Noah and Keiran Southern.

Stand(ards, whatever happened to them?) in the corner Sherna and Keiran and (try) and read back the crap you've written!