johnny mercer, the former defence minister said he agreed with the player who said that priti patel washat taking the knee was a gesture politics. i think there is ongoing unease with some parts of the tory party about the way number ten seems to have used the culture wars in the way that that could potentially detoxify the party again. also people that feel strongly about racism and feel that their party should not be part of them are wittingly or unwittingly stoking it. this is actually your story and a lot of people remember the comments from dominic raab on talk radio about taking the knee. he said he only took the need for the mrs and the queen. and those comments struck a lot of people as being incredibly insensitive. and incredibly dismissive of the cause of anti—racism. why do you think we are now seeing the shift from that flippant attitude to a more serious consideration of the england team were trying to do and what supporters of those people who take the knee are actually trying to say. why do you think we are seeing this flip now? i why do you think we are seeing this fli n

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johnny mercer, the former veterans minister, said another veteran's life had been ruined, investigatedes are disappointed and say that they will challenge this and their fight goes on. dan johnson, thank you _ senior doctors in england are to be asked whether they want to take industrial action over pay. consultants are angry about a proposed 1% rise. ministers say they're committed to increasing salaries for nhs staff, but that pay for other public sector workers has been frozen. here's our health correspondentjim reed. it's been an extraordinary yearfor the nhs. now, after 18 months of covid, attention is turning once again to the issue of staff pay. the government has already offered most of those working in the health service in england a 1% rise this year. senior doctors say they will ballot for industrial action if that figure is not at least 4%. everybody who has worked incredibly hard during the pandemic needs to be supported. when inflation is 4%, these are massive pay cuts that people are doing, despite having gone through a really, really difficult time and we shouldn't be l

mp johnny mercer retreated adding that... she is taking action in her role as home secretary to go after many of these racist groups. she has taken action against the extreme right wing groups that foment many of these things and she is acting as home secretary to tackle this, as indeed is the culture secretary. and as i say, through the 0nline harms bill, we are committed as government to legislating to tackle these social media platforms who frankly should be doing far more to clamp down on this sort of unacceptable racism and abuse online. it's part of a wider problem in terms of online abuse and we will legislate to punish those companies financially if they fail to act. the 0nline safety bill, which you heard stephen barclay mention there by its former name, the 0nline harms bill, is draft legislation that was published back in may after two years in the making. under it, social media firms will have to remove harmful content quickly or potentially face multi—billion—pound fines or criminal action. it covers a huge range

that's where i think you now have some arguments within the conservatives, johnny mercer, former ministerhe argument he thinks some in his party have ended up in the wrong place by perhaps drawing those two things together rather than acknowledging the england players were merely trying to take a stand on racism.— players were merely trying to take a stand on racism. chris mason, thank ou. we can hear now from tony burnett chief executive of the campaign group kick it out. thank you for your time this morning. i was looking at the twitter account of kick it out a little earlier and something that you had posted there recently saying taking the knee is a symbol of the continuing battle against racial inequality, during the players is also cheering what the gesture stands for. do you want to hear directly from the home secretary, perhaps from the prime minister about what tyrone mings has had to say and what he is saying about the home secretary �*s previous comments. —— jeerjng. home secretary �*s previous comments. ——jeerjng. i home secretary 's previous comments. -- 'eer'nu. ~' , ., home

conservative mps, something steve baker has been urging colleagues, as has another former minister, johnny mercerr stoking the flames with what she said about refusing to condemn the booing, the speaker is in, we are still watching, not there yet, about refusing to condemn the booing. she will not be able to not address this for much longer, although i guess the recess is coming up. what would you expect? t the recess is coming up. what would you exam?— you expect? i will expect she has to do that at some _ you expect? i will expect she has to do that at some point. _ you expect? i will expect she has to do that at some point. i _ you expect? i will expect she has to do that at some point. i think - you expect? i will expect she has to do that at some point. i think she . do that at some point. i think she will say she has not only condemned racism that appeared after inking's defeat at the weekend, but she herself has spoken in the house of commons about racist abuse she herself had suffered. another conservative mp pointing out the cabinet is more diverse... taste conservative mp pointing out t

we can speak now to conservative mp, johnny mercer, who is also a former veterans minister.own fault, whether it is the standard of investigation, the evidence gathered at the time, but these are things we would do differently now but stoking the kind of hatred i am seeing today continuing in northern ireland is ever going to lead to peace and reconciliation and the future that we know northern ireland has. should the historic actions _ we know northern ireland has. should the historic actions of _ we know northern ireland has. should the historic actions of british - the historic actions of british troops never be held to account or properly examined? if they are, how do you do it? i properly examined? if they are, how do you do it?— do you do it? i have never said that, i do you do it? i have never said that. l have — do you do it? i have never said that, i have always _ do you do it? i have never said that, i have always been - do you do it? i have never said that, i have always been a - do you do it? i have never said i that, i have always been a strong advocate of holdi