Gary Lineker interview: ‘You either have empathy or you don’t – if you are silent on Gaza, you are almost complicit’

The key event in Gary Lineker’s week should have been presenting Saturday’s FA Cup final on the BBC, a week before he hosts Match of the Day for the last time. Instead he has found himself fighting for his reputation and career after sharing a pro-Palestine post on his Instagram account that featured a rat emoji historically used as an anti-Semitic slur.