Gary Lineker should be denied his final Match of the Day 'swansong' by the BBC this weekend, the corporation's former director of TV demanded today.
Danny Cohen, a media executive and prominent figure in London's Jewish community, also accused the corporation of having a 'serious and wide-ranging problem with antisemitism'.
'For far too long the BBC has failed to put a stop to Jew-hate and blatant breaches of impartiality on its services', he said.
He spoke out after Lineker was axed by the BBC in shame for sharing an antisemitic Instagram post about Zionism featuring a rat - a vile trope used by the Nazis to characterise Jews as vermin.
The 64-year-old has apologised yet again and said his BBC exit is 'the responsible course of action' but insisted that he understands 'the error and upset that I caused'.
