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News today that Gary Lineker has retained his title as the BBC’s highest paid presenter. The former footballer earned (sic) £1.35m last year for hosting ‘Match of the Day’ and coverage of ‘Euro 2020’, putting him comfortably ahead of second-placed Zoe Ball who hosts ‘The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show‘ (formerly, ‘The Radio 2 Breakfast Show’ which over the years was featured a gaggle of gabbers including Ken Bruce, Derek Jameson and Chris Evans… nuff said!), and takes home £980,000 per annum! That’s a lot of pennies for playing records, and rabbiting on. I used to do that for nowt on hospital radio. It’z zeezy, innit Zoe? 

Other top earners disclosed in the corporation’s annual report include Lineker’s Match of the Day colleague Alan Shearer on £450,000, BBC Northern Ireland presenter Stephen Nolan on £415,000, and News at Ten host Huw Edwards on £410,000.           

Boris Johnson’s successor will have a total salary of £164.080 made up of £79,936 for his/her role as Prime Minister, and an additional £84,144 for being an MP. The president of the U.S.A. has a salary of $400,000, a $50,000 expense account, $100,000 non-taxable for travel, $19,000 official entertainment account, and free housing, the total of which currently converts to just over £479,000. The average salary for a surgeon in the U.K. is just short of £76,000 per annum! 

Of course, Flash Gary doesn’t host ‘Match of the Day 2 ’which sometimes has more content than ‘Match of the Day’. That programme is generally fronted by Mark Chapman, who is paid around £250,000 by Auntie, which is well below Lineker’s loot, but better than a flick in the phiz with a flounder, don’tcha think? 

We’re talking licence payers pennies here of course.