Piers Morgan has shared his opinions once again on the FIFA World Cup games in Qatar after his BBC swipe for “virtue-signalling”.
The 57 year old recently hit headlines when he slammed the broadcaster for not showing the opening ceremony of the World Cup on BBC One.
Instead, viewers saw presenter Gary Lineker open the coverage of the tournament on November 20 with a speech about the human rights issues which are taking place in the Middle Eastern nation.
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Following the controversy surrounding the games, Piers took to Twitter again to share his annoyance.
He wrote: “Britain gets 20% of its gas from Qatar. Obviously, to signal our virtue, we should tell them we don’t want it any more – right?”
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Although the opening ceremony was available to watch on BBC iPlayer, BBC’S main coverage focussed on how Qatar was awarded the World Cup despite the country’s treatment of migrant workers and the LGBT+ community.
Sharing his thoughts on the BBC’s portrayal at the time, Piers headed over to Twitter to voice his greviances.
He wrote: “Outrageously disrespectful to Qatar that the BBC didn’t broadcast the World Cup opening ceremony, and instead put out more virtue-signalling guff about how awful it is.
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“If they’re that appalled, they should bring home their vast army of employees & spare us this absurd hypocrisy.”
In response to the presenter’s tweet, one social media user vowed to “disrespect Qatar every day of the week”.
But an unimpressed Piers quickly replied: “You can do what you like, I’m not obligated to pay a licence fee for your output.”
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In his powerful speech which aired on BBC One, Gary said: “It’s the most controversial World Cup in history and a ball hasn’t been kicked. Ever since FIFA chose Qatar back in 2010, the smallest nation to have hosted football’s greatest competition has faced some big questions.
“From accusations of corruption in the bidding process to the treatment of migrant workers who built the stadiums, where many lost their lives.
“Homosexuality is illegal here, women’s rights and freedom of expression are in the spotlight, also the decision six years ago to switch the World Cup from summer to winter,” he added.
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