Amid the swathes of outrage, there are also those who are empathetic towards Gary Lineker over his rather ignominious exit from the BBC. In truth, they should save their tears.
At the end of this overhyped drama, he is probably likely to disappear off to another highly paid gig with his 8.7million followers on X intact and still have the same influence, but without the degree of confected anger because he no longer works for a state-funded broadcaster.
Lineker had a freelancers' contract with the BBC so there was no technical obligation for him to keep his political opinions private or restrict his social media reposts.