“Accent could have been a giveaway.” writes Marcus Rashford on twitter after the under pressure Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confused him with the rugby player Maro Itoje.

The confusion occured during in a report in London’s Evening Standard that Mr Williamson has never had direct communication with Manchester United forward Rashford.

In an interview with the newspaper, Mr Williamson said he met Rashford “over Zoom and he seemed incredibly engaged, compassionate and charming but then he had to shoot off”.

Unfortunately it turned out that Williamson was not talking to the Manchester United striker but the rugby player Maro Itoje, who was campaiging to bridge the digital divide asking for laptops to be given to all disadvantaged children in the UK.

Labour’s shadow education secretary Kate Green tweeted:

“Insulting and shocking. Our country and our children deserve better.”

Shadow justice secretary David Lammy wrote on Twitter:

“This is appalling.GavinWilliamson what was it about maroitoje that made you mistake him for MarcusRashford?You must be the most ignorant, clueless and incapable Education Secretary in the UK’s history.”

 

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