SOCCER legend Gary Lineker was handed a straight red card by furious Tory MPs yesterday after he refused to delete a tweet comparing Rishi Sunak's migrant plans to the actions of Nazi Germany.
Yesterday, Downing Street called his intervention "not acceptable", while Tory MPs lined up to criticise his apparent breach of BBC impartiality rules.
Labour also condemned the comments, with Sir Keir Starmer's spokesman saying comparisons with the Nazis "aren't always the best way" to make an argument.
BBC bosses last night refused to say if the star had been given a dressing down.
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