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The Lineker rebellion was an elite power-grab, not a fight for free speech.
This was cancel culture. Not against Lineker, but against the BBC, it was a woke putsch against BBC.
The Beeb’s climbdown in the Lineker scandal suggests the self-serving insurgents have won.
BBC's senior football reporter Ian Dennis was roundly demonised as a scab’ by the Twitterati.
Other sports presenters felt targeted’ too, reports The Times.
The liberal elite’s putsch against the Beeb doesn’t only have the feel of a witch-hunt it could have the consequences of one, too.
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