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Gary Lineker enrages fans with 'offensive joke' to British license fee payers
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxYesterday the BBC announced that it will be increasing how much license fees cost, and will start charging OAPs for the service, which was previously free.From April 1 the license fee will go up by £1.50, and will now cost £159 instead of £157.50.There was a bigger increase last year, when the cost went up from £154.50.Retweeting the BBC's announcement, the former footballer wrote: "But, but I’ve just taken a pay cut."Despite the tweet being an obvious attempt at humour, it went down like a lead balloon with some social media users, who hit back at Gary.Chastising the tweet, one person responded: "I think it’s fair to say you’re not very good at reading the room Lineker.""That’s lovely Gary.
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