Gary Lineker: false claim I called northern voters ‘racist’ is dangerous

Match of the Day host decries Stoke-on-Trent North MP's claim he called constituents racist bigots'

Gary Lineker has described accusations that he called northern voters racist bigots" as outrageous and dangerously provocative".

The recently reinstated Match of the Day host made the comments on Twitter in response to comments made by the Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis.