, he would _ its listening to stephen barclay, he would not — its listening to stephen barclayn. when he was asked whether it was gesture poiitics. _ he was asked whether it was gesture politics. or— he was asked whether it was gesture politics, orwas he was asked whether it was gesture politics, or was priti patel wrong he simply— politics, or was priti patel wrong he simply would not go anywhere near it and _ he simply would not go anywhere near it and he _ he simply would not go anywhere near it and he was repeating the unanimous condemnation of the racist abuse _ unanimous condemnation of the racist abuse online. targeting some of those _ abuse online. targeting some of those england players. nobody is suggesting those in government have not been _ suggesting those in government have not been unequivocal on that, what is so _ not been unequivocal on that, what is so striking about tyrone mings intervention is how specific and targeted — intervention is how specific and targeted it is and i think in the end priti — targeted it is and i think in the end priti patel is going t

the chief secretary to the treasury, stephen barclay, defended priti patel saying the home secretary understood the issues of racism after being subject to online abuse herself. from working with the home secretary that she is taking action in her role as home secretary to go after many of these racist groups. she is taking action against the extreme right—wing groups that ferment 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 online harms bill, we are committed as a 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 and i call on them this morning to take more action to stop their platforms being abused in this way. mr barclay, you seem to be saying that it's ok to say you agree with what priti patel is saying but also agree with what tyrone ming

we have been talking to stephen barclay about this.rts on and off the field and we will always support you." let's speak to former footballer anton ferdinand, who recently presented a programme about his experiences of racism and is an ambassador for the hope united campaign. and sports presenter josh denzel, who spent time with the england squad during the euros. good morning. josh, you spent a lot of time with the england camp. marcus rashford has spoken about he is feeling. how will this have impacted on them, do you think? it impacted on them, do you think? it is devastating because we spent a lot of time in camp with the players, about how their performances and the team had brought the country together. after the final, you get this reaction. it is devastating for the players. they connect with the fans and are amongst it from right now. the last thing they need after a game like thatis thing they need after a game like that is to be torn down by a minority of people. it that is to be torn down by a minority of people.- that is t

the 0nline safety bill, which you heard stephen barclay mention there by its former name, the 0nlineng. 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 of content, including hate speech, disinformation, terrorism and racist abuse. however, some critics say it will curb free speech. the formerfootballer anton ferdinand, who campaigns against racism in sport and has been the victim of abuse himself, says blaming social media alone won't fix the problem. i the people that run this country. are coming out and saying, moving —bboing a gesture to. the players have taken. they are not condemning that. so how can you not condemn that but they come out and say- is about the social media. sort your own house out first, you know? sort your own house - out first, you know? out first and maybe you can start talking about other people and talk about other organisations. i you cannot say one thing and not do the other, you know? _ it just screams hypocrisy. for more on exactly what soci