Quote Originally Posted by Mossdog View Post

That is, the worse part of Lineker's statement wasn't his political view, but how he used an analogy with one of the world's darkest parts of history - Holocaust related - to make political gain. Distasteful and crass don't even cover it.
Yes, this is the point. Suella Braverman seems determined to restore the reputation of the Tories - as the Nasty Party - and the gist of what Lineker was saying was good, but he did a real disservice to his argument by going over the top with his reference to 1930's Germany.