Gary Lineker’s social media post about Defence Secretary Grant Shapps appears to breach BBC guidelines, the potential future chairman of the corporation has claimed.
Samir Shah told MPs at a pre-appointment hearing he did not think it was ‘helpful’ that Lineker had signed a letter calling for the Government to scrap its Rwanda scheme.
Mr Shah also criticised the Match of the Day presenter for asking political leaders to come up with a ‘fair new plan for refugees’, but did not see that as a breach of the rules.