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Sky Sports pundits Jamie Redknapp and Patrice Evra DITCH badges for Black
Lives Matter as football captains consider making public statement over links to organisation and Premier League distances themselves following group's extreme statements
On Tuesday, the Premier League said it recognised 'the importance of the message that black lives matter' but made clear that it 'does not endorse any political organisation or movement, nor support any group that calls for violence or condones illegal activity.' And Sportsmail can reveal that the issue has been discussed by several players, with a group of top-flight captains considering whether to make a public statement on the matter. While the players remain united in campaigning for equality and committed to maintaining such symbolic gestures for the remainder of the season, some are concerned about being associated with the political activism of Black Lives Matter UK. On Sunday, Black Lives Matter UK issued a barrage of tweets over Israel's proposed annexation of the West Bank and claimed that 'mainstream British politics is gagged of the right to critique Zionism.' The following day Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who has 'taken the knee' alongside parliamentary colleagues, called it a 'shame' that the sentiment behind the Black Lives Matter protests was getting 'tangled up with these organisational issues' and said calls to defund the police were 'nonsense.' Black Lives Matter UK responded by tweeting that 'as a public prosecutor, Sir Keir Starmer was a cop in an expensive suit.' Top PUndit Matt Mr Le Tissier, 51, criticised the group's 'far-left ideology' and said he 'could not support' the cause's anti-police and anti-capitalist aims. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rse-group.html |
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