Lineker Benched - a podcast by BBC Radio

After Gary Lineker is pulled from presenting Match of the Day over comments he made criticising the government's new asylum policy, media editor Katie Razzall tells Adam what it means for the broadcaster.

Chris gives political reaction, fresh from his trip to Paris where there were meetings between the prime minister and President Macron.

And broadcaster Andrew Neil tells us why he thinks the BBC’s got it right.

Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and was made by Chris Flynn with Rufus Gray, Cordelia Hemming and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.

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