Outspoken Notts MP Lee Anderson has got into a furious row with former England footballer and TV pundit Gary Neville. The Tory MP for Ashfield lashed out on Twitter when former right back Neville launched into a World Cup Final to criticise the government’s handling of striking workers.
Nurses are set to walk out on strike for the second time tomorrow, December 20, in a row over pay and conditions, and Neville compared the situation to how migrant workers are treated in Qatar: “We can’t have people being paid an absolute pittance to work, we can’t have people in accommodation that is unsavoury and disgusting. It shouldn’t happen here.”
“The working system of Kafala, which obviously through football the conversation has started, and it’s been removed here now in Qatar. But it is abhorrent and we should detest low pay, we should detest poor accommodation and working conditions.
