John Barnes - "We don't hear language about Ukrainians being rapists & murderers, but we hear it about the Iraqis & Syrians.... we need to be talking about the worthiness of everybody,... " #Ridge #bbclaurak

Our footballers and ex footballers appear to have more decency and morals than most Conservative politicians?

My mum loved John Barnes and hated Saville: she proved quite astute.

@Jyngs Does football attract good hearted people or is football superbly character building? Some stars from the past are shining brightly at the moment. Kudos John.

So clearly put. John Barnes is a very intelligent man. Big up

@TallulahTangle Eloquent as ever @officialbarnesy, you should listen to this @StuartAndrew, failing to call out your @Conservatives colleagues make you complicit with their choice of words to describe other people and create division.

Gary Lineker was singled out from a long list of BBC stars who express political views. From Alan Sugar and Karren Brady to Richard Osman and Nadiya Hussain, there is nothing new about TV presenters writing about politics.