Daily Mail's Gary Lineker 'nazi' story: People to revisit old headlines

The Daily Mail is furious with the BBC’s Gary Lineker for a comment he made. The BBC are furious as well it seems.

Here is what Gary Lineker wrote…

Don’t see the issue.

No mention of Nazi’s or Fascism.

And factually, the rhetoric of “invasion” and demonising asylum seekers is very much the language of the 1930s in Germany (and Italy).

They are upset because @GaryLineker reaches a wide demographic.

Trying to silence him! pic.twitter.com/TW9i0i8GgJ
— Dr Dan Goyal (@danielgoyal) March 8, 2023

Here is the Mail’s front page.

No, Daily Mail, it’s the government policy that crossed a line. pic.twitter.com/rMQLRNLETZ
— Buck Frexit! 🇪🇺🇺🇦🌎🐟FBPE #GTTO #PR (@Beany_1) March 8, 2023

The Daily Mail seem very angry about the use of the word Nazi and Nazi in general.

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Here is Rishi’s new plan for asylum seekers.

If you come to the UK illegally:

➡️ You can’t claim asylum

➡️ You can’t benefit from our modern slavery protections

➡️ You can’t make spurious human rights claims

➡️ You can’t stay pic.twitter.com/026oSvKoJZ
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) March 7, 2023

Reactions

Quite a few people remembered some of the previous stories the Mail has ran over the years…

The Daily Mail in 1938..
Just saying….. pic.twitter.com/1Vx0tcixE4
— Bob (@bobrmitchell) March 8, 2023

"The way stateless Jews from Germany are pouring in from every port of this country is becoming an outrage. I intend to enforce the law to its fullest"

The Daily Mail has always hated refugees, and used Nazi language.

Let's not pretend it is any different today.#r4today #pmqs pic.twitter.com/zi2mTBgQ8s
— I Am Incorrigible also on Bluesky, threads & masto (@ImIncorrigible) March 8, 2023

Perhaps Lineker should have said that the Tories are using the language of the 1930s Daily Mail? pic.twitter.com/x7HIfaguXD
— Trumpton (@Trump_ton) March 8, 2023

As you didn't respond to my previous tweet, I thought I'd show you a photo of two real card carrying Nazis (not the comic strip caricature)

One is very recognizable, the other is Viscount Rothermere, British media baron and owner of the Daily Mail at the time.

Real Nazis,… pic.twitter.com/kzz4S4zHN9
— James Lazarus 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 (@JustSayNope) March 4, 2023

"Hurrah for the blackshirts" never really went away at the Mail. pic.twitter.com/QSaKJitpHW
— Gordon McIntosh ✨ #FBPE 🇪🇺 💙 (@Gordy_Mc1ntosh) March 8, 2023

Also watch this?

A Daily Mail journalist on #GMB this morning talking about asylum seekers, and Bernie Sanders on Sky last week explaining what the Daily Mail journalist is doing. pic.twitter.com/SJKiyjqCLK
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) March 6, 2023