[arista]

[Gavin Williamson accused of mixing up
Marcus Rashford with black rugby player Maro Itoje

Responding to reports that
Gavin Williamson had confused him
for Maro Itoje, England footballer Marcus Rashford
wrote on Twitter: "Accent could have been a giveaway."]


https://news.sky.com/story/gavin-wil...itoje-12402155

[joeysteele]

Hardly the crime of the century.
I have no time for Williamson but nitpicking like this is tiresome.

[The Slim Reaper]

He hasn't been "accused of it." He did, and his own team clarified that he'd never met Rashford but had met Moro Itoje.

[arista]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Hardly the crime of the century.
I have no time for Williamson but nitpicking like this is tiresome.

So many want him changed
and they all want a New Education Secretary

[arista]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

He hasn't been "accused of it." He did, and his own team clarified that he'd never met Rashford but had met Moro Itoje.

Title updated

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

So many want him changed
and they all want a New Education Secretary

Many have wanted that since the day he was appointed

[rusticgal]

We all make mistakes..

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Hardly the crime of the century.
I have no time for Williamson but nitpicking like this is tiresome.

Tbf Joey how can he not tell them apart?

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Tbf Joey how can he not tell them apart?

Oh I agree and I believe Marcus said surely the accents were a clue to the difference.

I just think it a bit nitpicking to moan about it at him.
I mean it highlights in a way, how far removed and out of touch most of the present Con MPs are.

Yes, I agree however, it is difficult to get how he didn't seem to know who he was talking to.

[Oliver_W]

Does it matter?

And tbh I don't know what Rashford's accent sounds like I've read the things he's said, but not seen or heard.actual footage.

[Alf]

It's like when I used to mix up Jo Brand with Les Dawson.

[LeatherTrumpet]

I have never heard of anyone mixing up 2 people before, this is astounding

[Zizu]

I don’t think anyone who knows anything about Williamson will be remotely surprised. He’s a complete imbecile


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[Zizu]

Rumours abound that he’s gonna be replaced in the coming days !!

Although in politics that just means he will be put in charge of another department and ruin that as well


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[arista]

[Livia]

Meh, I always get Robert di Niro and Al Pacino mixed up. Bloody Italians all look the same to me. Except Vanessa, who is a goddess, obviously......

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Livia

Meh, I always get Robert di Niro and Al Pacino mixed up. Bloody Italians all look the same to me. Except Vanessa, who is a goddess, obviously......

To be fair they looked nothing alike when they were younger, but have definitely started to look similar with age

[Toy Soldier]

My wife insists that Helen Hunt and Jodie Foster look near-identical and I just don't see it at all. I don't even think they look similar. So I think there's maybe an argument that different people perceive faces differently and mix people up in different ways.

I don't really think any "offensive" part is that he thinks the two men look similar... ... it is a bit offensive to Maro Itoje that he had a conversation with someone and that person was so uninvested in it that they didn't even bother making sure they knew who they were talking to . I get that they're busy and these meetings will be set up for them by others, but even just 5 minutes "briefing" before the call would be something.

[bitontheslide]

he reminds me of this

Youtube video

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Oh I agree and I believe Marcus said surely the accents were a clue to the difference.

I just think it a bit nitpicking to moan about it at him.
I mean it highlights in a way, how far removed and out of touch most of the present Con MPs are.

Yes, I agree however, it is difficult to get how he didn't seem to know who he was talking to.

Oh MP's have said and done far worse than this. But he not only needs a hearing aid to tell their voices apart, but he also needs to go to Specsavers.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Does it matter?

And tbh I don't know what Rashford's accent sounds like I've read the things he's said, but not seen or heard.actual footage.

He is from Manchester, so picture a totally different accent to Itoje who I think is from London.