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Gary Lineker should stick to TV rather than politics – Shapps

Source: PA Wire

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said Gary Lineker should stick to TV and questioned whether the Match of the Day host should continue expressing political views.

Former England footballer Lineker was among a group of celebrities to sign a letter which calls for the Government to scrap its Rwanda scheme and for political leaders to come up with a “fair new plan for refugees”.

The high-profile signatories, which also include Succession star Brian Cox, branded Britain’s refugee system “ever-more uncaring, chaotic and costly”, and said asylum policies are not working.

Football pundit Lineker, 63, has

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