Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA Tory MP compared taking the knee to a Nazi salute after England footballers performed the anti-racism gesture. Players faced boos ahead of their match against Romania last night - but vowed to continue taking the knee throughout the Euro 2020 tournament. And in a lengthy Facebook post last night, Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith, compared the gesture to footballers performing the Nazi salute during a 1938 match against Germany in Berlin. The claim about the nuclear family is a misquotation of a "manifesto" briefly published on the BLM website, and since removed. The original language states the group's opposition to the nuclear family being a "proscribed requirement".

Source: Daily Mirror June 07, 2021 16:34 UTC