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The former England striker had thought he had permission to voice an opinion on such matters, his agent said on Wednesday. "Gary takes a passionate interest in refugees and immigration and, as he saw it, had a special agreement with Tim Davie, the BBC's director general, to tweet about these issues," Jon Holmes wrote in the New Statesman.