Priti Patel: Euro 2020 Footballers take the knee as gesture politics – fans can boo if they want
The Daily Express says the Home Secretary declared that anti-racism protests are “not the answer”, referring to the “devastating” impact of Black Lives Matter activism last year.
When the Home Secretary was asked to comment on the issue on GB News, Ms Patel said: “I just don’t support people participating in that type of ‘gesture politics’. “It is all well to support a cause, and make your voices heard, but we saw last year, with some of the protests that took place, and I speak very much from what I saw on the impact of policing, it was devastating.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1449920/priti-patel-racism-footballers-take-the-knee
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