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Working-class footballers are finding their voice
Millions around the world listen to football icons like Gary Neville, Gary Lineker and Marcus Rashford. Their ongoing role in holding this government to account cannot be underestimated, writes Star sports editor BELLA KATZ
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A CHAOTIC week in terms of Covid, football and politics peaked on Wednesday as more information was uncovered about the alleged Christmas Party at Downing Street last December — and Gary Neville had something to say about it.
It is unsurprising that a footballer who shared a dressing room with the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson understands that, although the game was a business and a livelihood for him, he was also part of a mass working-class spectator sport with its own distinct culture.
Neville spoke with intelligence and didn’t hold back when he called out the Prime Minister in a video posted to Twitter.
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