Even to talk about it is a distraction, but let’s be clear: Gary Lineker is not the villain. On the contrary, he deserves admiration for speaking out against a naked injustice, for taking a stance that required him to “step back” from presenting Match of the Day while he and the BBC worked out what he is, and is not, allowed to say on social media.
True, he deployed the wrong analogy: the Conservative government’s policy and language on refugees are foul, but they are not a match for either the policy or language of “ Germany in the 30s”, as
