Boris Johnson has today backed England cricket star Ollie Robinson after he was suspended over racist and sexist tweets posted when he was a teenager. Mr Dowden, posting on Twitter, today criticised the decision to suspend Robinson, saying: 'Ollie Robinson's tweets were offensive and wrong. The Prime Minister is supportive of the comments from Oliver Dowden that he made via a tweet this morning. It came as last night the England cricket team announced they had suspended Robinson from all international cricket over the tweets, posted between 2012 and 2013. Labour BACKS Robinson's suspension as 'appropriate action to tackle racism' The ECB's handling of Ollie Robinson's suspension now risks becoming another battlefield in Westminster's culture wars, with Labour defending the cricketing authorities for its 'appropriate action.

Source: Daily Mail June 07, 2021 08:55 UTC