'More North Korean' Gary Lineker fumes over MP call for BBC to play national anthem daily

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Gary Lineker, 61, took to Twitter earlier today to fume at a politician’s plan to play the national anthem daily on the BBC.The star reacted to this in view of his 8.2 million followers, sparking a divide from his fans.This comes after Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell asked how the BBC can be requested to do this at the end of each day.In response, Nadine Dorries has called the request a “fantastic question,” according to journalist Adam Bienkov.Responding to his tweet on his Twitter feed, Gary called the move “North Korean”.He wrote: “Yeah, let’s be less British and more North Korean.”The football commentator ended his tweet with a fist pump emoji.MP Andrew represents Romford and suggested all UK broadcasters should play God Save The Queen.Speaking in the Commons earlier today, he said: “I know that the minister will agree that the singing of the national anthem is something that provides great sense of unity and pride in our nation.“And so in this year of the Queen’s platinum jubilee will the minister take steps to encourage public broadcasters to play the national anthem and ensure that the BBC restore it at the end of the day’s programming before it switches to News 24?”Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries then replied: “Fantastic question”.Nigel Huddleston is also reported to have responded: “We fully support the singing of the national anthem, Her Majesty the Queen, and other expressions of patriotism, including the flying of the Union Jack.“The more that we hear the national anthem sung frankly the better.“Of course organisations like schools are free to promote it, and the more we can do in this area, the better it will be.”Following Gary’s tweet on the subject, many of his.