Jonathan Agnew told Gary Lineker to stop talking about Brexit. It didn’t end well
The BBC’s cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew isn’t happy that his corporation colleague Gary Lineker keeps banging on about Brexit on Twitter.
So much so that he was moved to tell him this.
https://twitter.com/Aggerscricket/status/1073255577898356736
Probably Agnew was thinking of recent Lineker tweets like this one.
Or this one (another classic of its type).
Except, as you’d expect, the Match of the Day man was having none of it.
Jonathan, I’m the face of my own Twitter account. I’ll continue to tweet what I like and if folk disagree with me then so be it. Thank you so much for your concern, which, I imagine, wouldn’t be a concern at all if you agreed with me. 👍🏻
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) December 13, 2018
To which Agnew replied …
👍
— Jonathan Agnew (@Aggerscricket) December 13, 2018
Except if he thought that was the end of it, it wasn’t.
https://twitter.com/Aggerscricket/status/1073259814799724544
That suggests to me @aggerscricket that you disagree, hence exposing your own political opinions. Keep up the good work @GaryLineker. Someone has to with this shambles running our country
— Steven McLaren (@thumbmclaren) December 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/Aggerscricket/status/1073265814957113344
Sad to see @Aggerscricket come out as a Brexiteer! Too much time with Boycott? I think it’s great that @GaryLineker gives a toss what happens in the most important political issue for a generation. https://t.co/ru9F2tCvor
— James Frith (@JamesFrith) December 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/Aggerscricket/status/1073301124227231747
It’s just not cricket.