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#TAKETHEKNEE
Scotland will join England in taking a knee when the teams meet at Wembley but will stand against racism in their home group matches at Euro 2020. @lambo50186596 said: “I bet they lose that game (the most important one as well) because they took the knee. You know how superstitious footballers can be.” @Davidrandomscot posted: “The nationalists will be raging. Scotland following England again.” @Markirv64245171 commented: "The Scottish squad will not be happy as they decided to stand up against racism, which is more appropriate, but it looks like football has politicised the lads’ decision. I wonder how Andrew Robertson feels as he brought out a video telling us they were standing.” @batmum57 observed: “Whatever the Scottish players do, stand or kneel, I hope it’s their choice and no one has been pressured into doing one or other. I abhor racism in any form but I don’t need to ‘take the knee’ to ‘stand’ against it.” @Jtimoney1969 said: “Great compromise. Now the racists are mad at them too.” @Nisabulavinaka added: “They should have the courage of their conviction and stand at Wembley too. They're either for or against taking a knee – pick one.”
#TONYBLAIR
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says the coming weeks and months will be important to getting vaccine doses to the most vulnerable in the world. He said: "To vaccinate the world is not humanitarian simply, it's an act of enlightened self-interest" @Dhllamanga said: “What on earth would we do without him popping up. This guy is so far ahead of his time, quite honestly I don’t know how we have survived this long without him being there to hold our hand.” @Souptomatosoup posted: “Many will complain about who is saying it, but the substance of what he has said is exactly right.” @Samwitts2 commented: “Vaccinating the world against Covid will help limit new variants that lead to the vaccines eventually failing. Look how many variants we've seen in such a short time. The more people that get it, the faster it evolves.” @sapgas remarked: “He dropped bombs on the vulnerable. Now he wants to save them.” @Leighwgregson added: "Nobody believes a word you say, Tony.”