NEW: Labour Deputy Leader @AngelaRayner on the @NatalieElphicke text: “While the country was commiserating our great team, Tory MPs were sneering at an inspirational player who stepped up to feed hungry kids when they voted to leave them without food...the Nasty Party is back.”
“The question every Tory MP needs to answer is – did they call out these appalling comments? And after his failure to support our players in their stance against racism, Boris Johnson must publicly condemn these disgraceful messages.“
Conservative Chair of the NI Select Committee also weighing in against Elphicke
https://twitter.com/simon4ndorset/status/1414535697441214467
NEW: Perhaps far more damagingly than any of the political interventions above is this which has just been made by an England player. It’s directly addressed to Priti Patel.
https://twitter.com/OfficialTM_3/status/1414655312074784785
Have approached Priti Patel’s office for a response to Tyrone Mings’ tweet. Have been told they’re not commenting.
I also approached the Home Office earlier asking whether In the light of the racism experienced by the players today the Home Sec regretted her “gesture politics” comment and would support the players taking the knee in future. They simply directed me to her tweet below.
https://twitter.com/pritipatel/status/1414483365558951937
Interesting question now is whether (as in 2018) the government invites the squad to Downing St for a reception and indeed if so, whether the players (or all the players) accept?
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