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England player Tyrone Mings: “You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ‘Gesture Politics’ & then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens.”

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theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/j…

Sir Peter Fahy, the former chief constable of Greater Manchester and vice-chair of the body representing police chiefs: some politicians had “wilfully” misinterpreted why the England players were making the protest gesture.

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Sir Peter Fahy: “You need to take a very clear stance on anti-racism. I do think you cannot be passively anti-racist. You have to resist it [anti-racism] being a political issue and be clear it is a moral issue. You have to make your position crystal clear."

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"Politicians being ambivalent about their support, choosing to wilfully misinterpret what England players are doing means a minority will see that as tacit support. They are giving them room to operate, especially those trying to make out that [the knee] is a political issue.”