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'SICKENING' ABUSE England star Tyrone Mings slams Priti Patel for ‘stoking the fire’ after she said she’s ‘disgusted’ by racist trolls’
ENGLAND star Tyrone Mings has slammed Priti Patel for “stoking the fire” after Three Lions players received racial abuse after the loss to Italy.
The centre-back said the Home Secretary could not “pretend to be disgusted” by the vile abuse because she had previously advocated against players taking the knee before kick-off.
Last month, Ms Patel accused England players who took the knee of performing “gesture politics”
Last month, Ms Patel accused England players who took the knee of performing “gesture politics”, adding: “I just don’t support people participating in that type of gesture”.
She did not condemn the small minority of fans who had chosen to boo the gesture, telling GB News it was a “choice for them”.
Tyrone Mings
@OfficialTM_3
·
13h
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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Priti Patel
@pritipatel
· 12 Jul
I am disgusted that @England players who have given so much for our country this summer have been subject to vile racist abuse on social media.
It has no place in our country and I back the police to hold those responsible accountable.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15574809/tyrone-mings-slams-patel-stoking-fire-racist/
ENGLAND star Tyrone Mings has slammed Priti Patel for “stoking the fire” after Three Lions players received racial abuse after the loss to Italy.
The centre-back said the Home Secretary could not “pretend to be disgusted” by the vile abuse because she had previously advocated against players taking the knee before kick-off.
Last month, Ms Patel accused England players who took the knee of performing “gesture politics”
Last month, Ms Patel accused England players who took the knee of performing “gesture politics”, adding: “I just don’t support people participating in that type of gesture”.
She did not condemn the small minority of fans who had chosen to boo the gesture, telling GB News it was a “choice for them”.
Tyrone Mings
@OfficialTM_3
·
13h
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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Priti Patel
@pritipatel
· 12 Jul
I am disgusted that @England players who have given so much for our country this summer have been subject to vile racist abuse on social media.
It has no place in our country and I back the police to hold those responsible accountable.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15574809/tyrone-mings-slams-patel-stoking-fire-racist/
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Former England rugby international Ugo Monye echoed Mings’s comments. “You didn’t back our team or condemn anyone for booing a peaceful protest,” he told Ms Patel on Twitter. “You facilitated & validated anti social & racists behaviours during the tournament. The horse has bolted Priti”
The criticism came after the prime minister said England’s team should be “lauded as heroes, not racially abused”, tweeting: “Those responsible for this appalling abuse should be ashamed of themselves.”
But, before the tournament, Mr Johnson initially refused to criticise fans booing the players for taking the knee, while Ms Patel supported their right to boo what she called “gesture politics”.
Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader, said: “Let me be clear. The prime minister and the home secretary gave license to the racists who booed the England players and are now racially abusing England players.
The pair were “like arsonists complaining about a fire they poured petrol on. Total hypocrites,” she tweeted.
Mr Neville, now a TV analyst, told Sky News: “When we get racist abuse after a football match at the end of a tournament, I expect it unfortunately because it exists.
“And it’s actually promoted by the prime minister, who called Muslim women letterboxes, said they look like letterboxes.”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/a-fire-they-poured-petrol-on-boris-johnson-and-priti-patel-condemned-over-football-racism-hypocrisy/ar-AAM3fmh?ocid=msedgntp
Three Lions and Aston Villa defender Tyron Mings took aim at the embattled Home Secretary last night, saying she had 'no right' to condemn the barrage of online racist abuse against fellow stars Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka. The trio faced a barrage of online abuse after missing penalties in Sunday night's heartbreaking Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy. Ms Patel hit out at the abuse, but has faced accusations of hypocrisy after earlier saying players who took the knee were engaged in 'gesture politics' and backing supporters who booed them for doing so. The ranks of those criticising the Home Secretary expanded today to include the former Tory defence minister Johnny Mercer, who said that Mings was 'completely right'. But Mr Johnson's official spokesman today told reporters: 'The Home Secretary is working every day to clamp down on hate crime, racism and violence.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9783147/Ministers-defend-Priti-Patel-insisting-suffers-online-racist-abuse.html
Senior Conservatives have warned the party urgently needs to “challenge” its attitude towards people taking the knee, with one former minister telling his colleagues: “This is a decisive moment for our party”.
Steve Baker’s remark comes as a letter from a Conservative anti-racism group claimed MPs’ actions may have “laid the foundations” for some of the racist abuse levelled at England players during the Euro tournament.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/decisive-moment-for-party-senior-tory-mp-challenges-colleagues-over-taking-knee/ar-AAM7oNH?ocid=msedgntp
A children's football coach accused of tweeting England star Marcus Rashford (pictured right: Fans leave messages of support on the star's mural in Manchester) with alleged racist abuse has been arrested, police have today revealed. Nick Scott (pictured left), 50, is accused of tweeting the Manchester-born forward to 'pack them bags and get to ya own country' following England's Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy on Sunday night. The suspect, from Powick, near Worcester, denies tweeting the message to the 23-year-old star, instead saying his account was 'hacked'. West Mercia Police said a 50-year-old man had been detained on suspicion of inciting racial hatred following reports of an inappropriate tweet posted on Sunday.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9784533/Police-arrest-childrens-football-coach-inciting-racial-hatred-tweet-Marcus-Rashford.html