Gary Lineker to be spoken to by BBC after comparing UK asylum policy to Nazi Germany

Match of the Day host under fire after tweet condemns ‘cruel’ and ‘beyond awful’ small boats strategy

The Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker will be spoken to by the BBC after comments he made on social media about the government’s immigration plans in which he appeared to compare Home Office policy to Nazi Germany.

A number of Conservative MPs have expressed anger after he criticised the policy and the language used to introduce it, the BBC reported.