England defender Tyrone Mings has attacked Interior Minister Priti Patel after the incidents of racism after the European Championship final against Italy.
England international Tyrone Mings has accused Home Secretary Priti Patel of hypocrisy and inconsistent behavior on the subject of racism after her condemnation of the racist slurs against Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford after the European Championship final.
“You cannot stir up the fire at the beginning of the tournament by calling our anti-racism message ‘symbolism’ and then pretending to be disgusted when exactly what we are opposed to happens,” Mings wrote in a post on Twitter.
The conservative politician Patel, like Prime Minister Boris Johnson, had described the kneeling of the English national team, which had spread to Europe as a gesture of the “Black Lives Matter” movement from the USA against racism, as “symbolic politics” and even expressed understanding for it. when people criticized footballers kneeling before football matches kicked off.
After renewed boos from spectators against the protest action of the Three Lions before the 1-0 victory at the European Championship dress rehearsal last Sunday in Middlesbrough against Romania, the players even denied the support of the knee-fall.
Both Johnson and Patel had sharply condemned the bad racist abuse on the net against Rashford, Saka and Sancho after their misses on penalties.
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“I am disgusted that England internationals, who have given so much to this country this summer, are being racially insulted in such a nasty way. That has no place in our country and I support the police in catching those responsible,” said Pattel via Twitter on Monday. Johnson had announced something similar. The players are heroes and should by no means be victims of such bad abuse.
The prime minister was also accused of hypocrisy in this regard from prominent sources. Former international Gary Neville accused Johnson of encouraging racist behavior by refusing to support the national team when he kneeled.
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