When will the BBC get over its fear of the right-wing press?
The Gary Lineker affair has proved the corporation still takes its lead from the same papers that want to destroy it.
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Steve Richards
Steve Richards presents a twice-weekly podcast ‘Rock N Roll Politics’ and is a former political editor of the New Statesman.
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