After it was announced Gary Lineker will temporarily “step back” from presenting Match Of The Day following controversial tweets, Vanessa Feltz reveals what was in her contract when she worked for the BBC.

He’s broke the contract clearly

Does the BBC chairman arranging an £800,000 loan for the former prime minister not bring impartiality into question more? 🤨 I don’t see the issue with a football pundit having an opinion on a government policy. I’m sure you still had an expressed opinions, as do others,

You have missed out this part….

Exactly- don’t like the terms? Find alternative employment

Yet Alan Sugar and Andrew Neil were free to say what they want.

So, Vanessa, how do you feel about Richard Sharp, BBC chairman donating £400k to the Conservative Party & Boris Johnson to get an £800k loan from his cousin? Is that impartial? Is that right? Do you need a third party to introduce you to your own cousin? #IStandWithGaryLineker

It means free speech is dead in this country! The BBC was happy for him to use politics and opinions in the Qatar world cup! #Planks

He didn’t bring the BBC into disrepute. He disagreed with the language of the Government. Or are those things the same now ???? 🤔 I’m so sad to see Vanessa, who I had admired as a serious person up until now, on this ghastly channel.

So by this logic how is BBC Chairman still in his job ?

Gary has nothing to fall back on besides the principle stance of freedom of speech. Now, I doubt Gary is a man to take such a stand, lest he be branded a hypocrite, so it's gonna be interesting to see what the BBC do here.