After Gary Neville attacked the UK government, Rishi Sunak remarked that football fans don’t want to hear him talk about politics. Before the World Cup final, Mr. Neville called the working conditions in Qatar “abhorrent” while speaking on ITV.
Such conditions should not be tolerated in Qatar or any other region, the speaker declared, before accusing UK politicians of “demonizing” nurses and rail workers.
Additionally, he claimed that the pay received by UK nurses who are on strike is a “pittance”.
The prime minister claimed in an interview with the Daily Mail that he had spared NHS employees from a public sector pay freeze when serving as chancellor.
In response to Mr. Neville’s remarks, he stated: “I believe that the majority of viewers of Gary Neville want to see and hear about football. They are unwilling to talk about politics.
The treatment of the tens of thousands of migrant workers hired to construct the stadiums and hotels before to the World Cup has drawn criticism for Qatar.
When asked about the treatment of employees in the nation, Mr. Neville responded, “It is awful and we should dislike low salary, detest low pay, terrible accommodations, and poor working conditions.
“That is something we can never ever allow in our region or in any region.
The fact that our country currently has a government that demonizes nurses, ambulance drivers, and rail workers is merely worth mentioning.
We must consider workers’ rights in our country, but given the current state of football, we must also consider them anywhere else since everyone must be treated fairly.
“We cannot have people receiving pitiful wages for their labor, nor can we tolerate them living in deplorable conditions. With the wealth that exists in our nation, it shouldn’t be the case that our nurses must struggle to gain an extra pound or two.
“Not Genuine”
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The senior Conservative Simon Clarke tweeted: “It is beyond ludicrous that Gary Neville is given free license by ITV Sport to brazenly politicize a major sporting event in response to his remarks, which drew censure from some MPs.”
Apart from the fact that every nurse is receiving a pay increase of £1400, it is absurd to compare Qatar’s workers’ rights to those in the UK.
Lee Anderson, a different Conservative MP, called Mr. Neville’s remarks “party political broadcast by a wealthy.”
Looks like ITV is now on my list of prohibited channels; Gary, talk about football and stay away from politics. You are speaking without knowledge.
Responding on Twitter, Mr. Neville called the Conservatives “the largest band of charlatans to ever be in office” and expressed his satisfaction at upsetting Mr. Anderson.
The prime minister’s office responded when asked about Mr. Neville’s remarks during the ITV broadcast: “It is plainly not a genuine or suitable analogy in any way.”
“Speak up”
Rushanara Ali, a Labour MP, disputed the connection, saying, “These are quite different societies and countries,” on the BBC’s Politics Live.
Gary Neville was giving his own personal opinions during a live broadcast about the treatment of workers in Qatar, according to an ITV representative. His opinions are his own, and ITV has not approved of them.
The media watchdog Ofcom acknowledged receiving complaints on the matter but said it has not yet determined whether or not to look into it.
Mr. Neville has recently turned into a vocal opponent of the Conservative leadership, branding former PM Boris Johnson a “calamity.”
He has also joined Labour and spoken at the most recent annual conference of the party, but he has decided against running for office himself.
Mr. Neville has been criticized for working for the Qatari channel beIN in addition to serving as a pundit for ITV during the World Cup.
On the BBC’s Have I Got News For You show, the man defended the action by saying: “You’ve got an option – my position has been, you can highlight the concerns and challenges in these countries and speak out about them, or basically you don’t say anything and don’t go.”
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