It comes after Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka received racist abuse on social media they each failed to convert penalties against Italy. "I'll tell you what gesture politics is, it's condemning the England players throughout the tournament and then putting on an England shirt in the semi-finals." Referring to England footballers' responses on Twitter, she said: " Boris Johnson, your boys took a hell of a beating." The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary gave license to the racists who booed the England players and are now racially abusing England players." Meanwhile Mr Neville accused Boris Johnson of 'promoting' racism in the past.

Source: Daily Mirror July 17, 2021 20:33 UTC