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England footballer Tyrone Mings said Patel had “lit a fire” with comments about players taking the knee.

England footballer Tyrone Mings has criticized Interior Minister Priti Patel, saying he has “lit a fire” by defending fans who booed black players who played with black knees in Italy’s 2020 Euro Cup final.

Patel had previously said that taking the knee was a “gesture policy” and that Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has also waged an enthusiastic verbal war on the so-called awakened policy, has been echoing over the days.

Patel said Monday that three black players – Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka – were “disgusting” after losing the penalties for online race abuse in Italy’s defeat, but Mings gave a stern response.

“At the beginning of the tournament you don’t have to light a fire by labeling our message against racism as a‘ gesture policy ’and then we defend that you will be disgusted when that happens when we are campaigning,” he tweeted.

The accusation of hypocrisy made by the Mings as well as some Conservative MPs against the government is particularly dangerous for Johnson, as the English team has a wide-ranging sentiment after its serious loss.

Rashford became a hero for many inside and outside football by successfully lobbying Johnson to provide free school meals for privileged children during the coronavirus pandemic.

“I’m Marcus Rashford, a 23-year-old black man from Withington and Wythenshawe in south Manchester. If I don’t have anything else I have that, ”the Manchester United striker wrote on Twitter.

“I can criticize my criticism all day long, my punishment has not been good enough, it should be included but I will never apologize for who I am and where I came from,” Rashford added.

Images from social media dismantled the mural in honor of Rashford’s Withington before the locals covered it with messages of hateful language support from the locals.

“Seeing Withington’s response left me on the verge of tears,” Rashford said, as sympathizers staged a mural protest later Tuesday.

Premier League teams took to the knees last year after George Floyd was killed by a white U.S. police officer.

‘Painful truth’

Patel’s Conservative lawmaker and former defense minister Johnny Mercer said: “The painful truth is that this guy (Mings) is absolutely right.

“We are very uncomfortable with the attitude that we Conservatives are unnecessarily forcing.”

England manager Gareth Southgate has said the online abuse is “unforgivable” and that team captain Harry Kane has also taken action against the trolls.

“The three guys who were great all summer had the courage to take a pen (penalty) and take a penalty when it was a big bet,” he said.

“They deserve help and protection, not racist abuse.

“If you abuse anyone on social media you’re not a fan of England and we don’t want you.”

Racist attacks have been strongly condemned by the Football Association of England. Its president, Prince William, said the abuses had made him “sick”.

‘The need for urgent action’

At a cabinet meeting, Johnson told his ministers that “the abuse was utterly shameful and came out of the dark spaces of the Internet,” according to his spokesman.

He said in a meeting with representatives of social media companies on Tuesday that the Prime Minister would “reiterate the urgent need to take action in the UK before the law becomes tougher in the UK”.

The government’s planned “damaged bills online” will, for the first time, put companies like Facebook and Twitter in the orbit of the UK’s communications regulator.

Under the law, if social media companies do not remove abusive content immediately, they can receive a fine of up to £ 18 million ($ 25 million) or 10 per cent of annual turnover, even if it is the highest.

Akse P19 street artist Marcus Rashford repaired the mural of Manchester United striker and England player on the wall of Copson Street Coffee House in Withington, Manchester [Jon Super/AP]