Pfr allegations of sexual activity with minors, or even alluding to the possibility, leaves a perpetual taint on the reputation of the alleged offender, even when cleared and found to have no case to answer.

This is the reason I take issue with the over dramatisation of the property search by the BBC.

The fact they allow Gary Lineker to politicise in direct opposition to the terms of their charter is entirely a separate issue . If he wants to get political he should become an MP and give up his taxpayer funded 1.7million annual salary.