Gary Lineker says he is bewildered by ‘disproportionate’ response to tweet

“I’m still bewildered by it. I think it was so disproportionate.”

Gary Lineker said he is still bewildered by the response to his tweet (Danny Lawson/PA)

Gary Lineker said he is still “bewildered” by the “disproportionate” response to his tweet earlier this month which resulted in him being briefly taken off air as host of the BBC’s Match Of The Day.

Following a tweet posted by the pundit on March 7, in which he said the language used by the Government to promote its asylum plans was not dissimilar to 1930s Germany, he was taken off by the BBC due to concerns about impartiality, but returned to the programme following a boycott by top on-air talent at the broadcaster earlier this month.