Priti: Booing taking knee is fans’ right

PRITI Patel says football fans have a right to boo the England team for taking the knee on the pitch.

The Home Secretary called the players’ action against racial injustice “gesture politics”.

She also dodged a question about whether she would boo herself.

Ms Patel said the Black Lives Matter protests last summer had a “devastating” impact on policing.

Gareth Southgate’s side faced jeers as they knelt before kick-off at their first match of Euro 2020.

Asked whether England fans were right to boo, Ms Patel said: “That’s a choice for them, quite frankly.”