A Thanet MP has branded Gary Linker's comments "foul, ill-conceived and disgraceful" for comparing the UK's asylum policy to Nazi Germany.

The BBC says it will be having a "frank conversation" with the Match of the Day host following a tweet reply he sent yesterday about the Home Office's new measures to tackle Channel crossings.

Lineker commented on a Twitter video put out by Home Secretary Suella Braverman, in which she unveiled latest government plans to stop people in small boats coming to the UK.

"Good heavens, this is beyond awful," he wrote.

Responding to the sports broadcaster, another Twitter user described his comment as “out of order”, adding that it was “easy to pontificate when it doesn’t affect you”.

Lineker responded: “There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries.

“This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?”

His comments were widely condemned by Tory politicians, who urged the BBC to take action.

Craig Mackinlay, the MP for South Thanet, is among them.

"Gary Lineker’s comments, likening our proposed robust yet fair new asylum policy which will save lives in the Channel, with the darkest period of human history founded on pure evil, is in itself foul, ill-conceived and disgraceful," he told the Daily Telegraph.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman also hit-out at the comments made by the former England football player.

She told BBC Breakfast: "I'm disappointed, obviously. I think it's unhelpful to compare our measures, which are lawful, proportionate and - indeed - compassionate, to 1930s Germany.

"I also think that we are on the side of the British people here."

Tory party deputy chairman Lee Anderson says Mr Lineker should "stick to reading out the football scores and flogging crisps" - rather than "lecturing".

"This is just another example of how out of touch these overpaid stars are with the voting public," he said.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Dover yesterday to launch the government's new Illegal Migration Bill.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman confirmed to MPs the new policy which will ban people entering the UK via small boats across the Channel from claiming asylum or re-entering in the future.

The policy will also grant powers to detain migrants for 28 days without recourse for bail or judicial review, and then indefinitely for as long as there is a “reasonable prospect” of removal.

Challenges based on modern slavery laws would be barred, and any other legal attempt to stay would be heard overseas - after they are removed.

An annual quota on the number of refugees that can be settled through the limited number of safe and legal routes to asylum would be set.

A BBC source told The Daily Telegraph: "Gary will be spoken to and reminded of his responsibilities on social media."

A spokesperson for the corporation added: "The BBC has social media guidance, which is published.

"Individuals who work for us are aware of their responsibilities relating to social media. We have appropriate internal processes in place if required."