Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has been slammed for confusing two sports players after having a Zoom conversation with someone he thought was Marcus Rashford.
Rashford has laughed off a gaffe by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, who told the Evening Standard he had met the England footballer on Zoom when he had in fact met with England rugby star Maro Itoje.
Asked if he had met Rashford, who forced the Government to U-turn on free school meals provision during the pandemic, Mr Williamson told the paper: “We met over Zoom and he seemed incredibly engaged, compassionate and charming but then he had to shoot off. I didn’t want to be the one that was holding him back from his training.”
But his advisers later told the Standard he had met Itoje.
Reacting to the story with a crying laughing emoji, Rashford tweeted: “Accent could have been a giveaway”
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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