[Jon]

A surprise episode of Coast on BBC Two after the Women's Super League coverage.

An interesting choice in this situation considering Neil Oliver's politics...

It’s a great point, assuming he appears. And of course whilst he’s not working on BBC projects any longer, to the viewers he’s a face of the corporation if they’re still showing his programme. 

Also where does it end, are weather presenters banned from having opinions on climate change? Are historians that feature on programming banned from having political views? Of course people will respond with, “yeah, but Lineker’s on a 570 billion pounds a year” or whatever the number is. But what he’s paid and whether he should be paid that is a totally different matter. Some will say the amount is relevant but who decides when the figure paid by the Corporation becomes a factor in what someone can say on social media. 

On a related note, I could see a situation where Match of the Day is outsourced to an independent company and Lineker’s employed by them to stay off the high earners list.