The Prime Minister has hit back at Labour-supporting Gary Neville after he criticised Qatari working conditions as "abhorrent" and then accused the UK government of "demonising" striking rail workers and nurses. Speaking as a pundit on ITV ahead of yesterday's World Cup final Mr Neville said nurses, who are taking strike action over a 19 per cent pay claim, were paid a "pittance".
Asked about Qatar's treatment of workers, Mr Neville said: "It's abhorrent and we should detest low pay, detest low pay, poor accommodation and poor working conditions. That is something we can never ever accept in this region or in any region.
"It is just worth mentioning that we've got a current government in our country, who are demonising rail workers, ambulance workers and terrifyingly, nurses. So in our country, we've got to look at workers' rights but certainly where football goes now, we have to pick up on workers' rights wherever we go because people have to be equally treated.
