So, Gary Lineker is on his way out of the BBC.

It was indeed a stretch to see how somebody so clear about the Tories’ language of the 1930s was oblivious to the rat symbolism used by the Nazis during the same era.

He apparently never saw the offending emoji in the post he shared, but once VAR spotted it, out came the red card.A propos the  been previously ratted out by spineless BBC droids who lacked a basic understanding of their own rules.

A propos the imagery of the day, he had himself been previously ratted out by spineless BBC droids who lacked a basic understanding of their own rules.

The continuing ineptitude was inevitable and has now peaked big sty-lee.

I thought Gaz might have been working his ticket – after all, who’d want to stay webbed up with such a gang of hopeless cretins for a day longer?

Lest we forget, the erstwhile poacher had formerly broken the mould of deadbeat sports superstars and leveraged his high profile for the greater good, which ought to have been a cause for relief and celebration.

All he has ever done is raise awareness of issues and express some personal opinions.

So what?

People will either agree or disagree with him. None of this has ever had any bearing on his presenting.

Now the woefully inept Beeb dweebs have lost a stellar presenter for the World Cup, having already flushed Match of the Day around the u-bend.

They’ll probably hire some mental ex-Lioness who can’t explain the offside rule and will cry in the face of legitimate criticism. That’s how they roll.

Absurdly, people seem more bent out of shape by a picture of a rat than the slaughter of men, women, and children.

You couldn’t make it up.

Forget the tweet – the real rats are lounging in Corporation House, trousering chunky licence fees from their nationwide captive audience while they blunder on, ballsing up.

Time now for everyone to, erm, step back, as the press releases will surely state.

What a shame that nobody ever seems to move forward.