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The BBC should admit its mistake and get Lineker back

12 March 2023

11:47 PM

12 March 2023

11:47 PM

While sports fans this morning are discussing why the entire England rugby team backed Gary Lineker by choosing not to turn up at Twickenham, the drama rumbles on. At its heart, this is a communications crisis borne out of that all-too-often-seen disease of people with important jobs taking themselves far too seriously.

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