Sign Up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA Tory MP has been blasted after telling England player Tyrone Mings to "please focus on football not politics". The defender had hit out at Home Secretary Priti Patel for dismissing players who took the knee against racism as a “gesture”. The Romford MP wrote: “We are all proud of our England team, who have had the support of the whole country over recent weeks, but please focus of [sic] football, not politics. “So I suggest you shut up about football & focus on doing YOUR job better than footballers do it for you.”It comes after a Tory MP, Natalie Elphicke, apologised for saying fellow England player Marcus Rashford should focus on football not politics after he missed a penalty in the Euro 2020 final. What gives you the right to talk about football but they apparently can't talk about politics?

Source: Daily Mirror July 13, 2021 18:45 UTC