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Ladybbird · 17-06-20, 06:39

Marcus Rashford's Campaign Victory Came From Football's Power to Effect Change

'A Game Changer': Poor families hail Marcus Rashford’s free school meals victory

Footballer’s letter to government forces U-turn and offers lifeline to struggling households in England

Jonathan Liew, The Guardian UK, 17 JUN 2020

Some PR stunt. In securing free school meals for deprived children in England over the summer holidays, Marcus Rashford has generated more tangible good with his voice than he ever will with his feet....

In forcing the prime minister into a hasty spin of the heels, Rashford has delivered a timely reminder that football’s influence and cultural currency stretch well beyond its own borders. And by reaching beyond those borders in an urgent and worthwhile cause, he has demonstrated the power of common resolve and common purpose, at a time when – as he himself put it – society “appears to be more divided than ever”.

This, perhaps, is the wider point here, one that goes well beyond child malnutrition or child poverty or narrowing opportunity – or even the decade of callous political choices that have led to all three. Just 22 years of age and with little to no experience in professional politics, Rashford not only identified an achievable policy aim but solicited advice, did his own research, took soundings. Most importantly of all, he then sought the one prerequisite to any sort of change worth getting out of bed for. “Just look at what we can do when we come together, THIS is England in 2020,” Rashford tweeted upon the news that his campaign had borne fruit.

Indeed, if there has been one overarching theme of Rashford’s activism and his methods, it has been the pursuit of consensus. “This is not about politics,” he wrote early yesterday. “The same way us players put rivalry aside when we put the England shirt on, please #maketheuturn.”

In one important sense this is about politics. Children don’t go hungry in a vacuum. Only one party has been in office for the past decade. But perhaps Rashford’s point here is about the pitfalls of partisanship, the boundaries of tribal loyalty, the limits of shouting in a closed room. Keir Starmer doesn’t control the education budget. LBC’s James O’Brien can’t change government policy. And as the Premier League starts up its engines and once again requests our undivided attention, there is a lesson here for all of us who profess an interest in the game.

It has become fashionable to see the world in terms of archetypes. Sport, and football in particular, encourages this trait by offering up ready-made silos, natural enmities, eternal conflict. Think of a team you don’t like and then try to think of all the different terms you use to disparage them. But this goes beyond club loyalty and into individuals: endless tribes, endless othering. You do it, I do it, we all do it. The plastics. The null-and-voiders. The football hipsters. As if every aspect of one’s personality, one’s essence, one’s basic humanity, could simply be extrapolated from a single opinion or choice.

Naturally, because this is football and because this is 2020, Rashford can expect the usual mean-spirited grumblings and whataboutery. Well, observes faceless avatar with a jumble of random numbers in their Twitter handle, you’ll notice Rashford hasn’t said a word about the massacre of ethnic Syldavians in Zyrkovia, so can you really call him a champion of the impoverished masses? Well, observes bizarrely popular right-wing columnist, you’ll notice that despite asking the Treasury to dip into its pockets, Rashford is yet to give away 100% of his salary and all his possessions, so the only thing I’m tasting here is woke-left hypocrisy.

Just this once, it’s fine to ignore the noise. There will always be a cynical constituency to whom any public act by a public figure must be imputed with malign motives. Brazil’s fourth goal against Italy in 1970: a PR stunt. Paolo Di Canio catching the ball just as he was about to score: a PR stunt. The 1914 Christmas truce in no-man’s-land? How convenient photographers turned up just as they were starting the game.

Rashford’s reputation will take a boost as a result of this – but, ultimately, who cares? Certainly not the families poised to benefit from his intervention. And what makes Rashford’s pursuit of this cause so compelling is that it so clearly derives from his own experiences, his own senses, his own world. He knows what it feels like to be hungry. To be reliant on the generosity of others for survival. To take the bus from Manchester to Salford for training at The Cliff and be struck by the number of homeless people on the streets.

The “us and them” instinct in elite English football has arguably never been stronger. As a sport, we seem to have mislaid the idea that clubs are umbilically linked to their localities, that footballers are tied to the communities that produce them, that football fans have a shared consciousness that should occasionally cut across tribal boundaries, that the superclubs and the smaller clubs and the Sunday League clubs are part of a single, breathing organism, that collective problems can only be met with a collective solution.

And at times like this – atomically sealed, physically distanced, our contact with each other mediated through Zoom windows and email tabs – it becomes harder to think of ourselves as a cogent whole, as one game with a common purpose. This, perhaps, is the true sporting legacy of Rashford’s activism: to remind us that when football speaks with one voice, nobody dares shout it down.

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Boris Johnson congratulates Marcus Rashford after free school meals u turn;

Ladybbird · 09-11-20, 09:40

Marcus Rashford Forces Boris Johnson Into Second U-Turn on Child Food Poverty

Tory U-turn on feeding Britain's poorest children at Christmas after Rashford campaign

The UK Govt initially refused to extend free schools meals over the Christmas break but have now reversed their decision after Marcus Rashford led a campaign to provide children with free food

The PM called the footballer on Saturday night to confirm latest about-face for the government

The Guardian UK, 9 NOV 2020

Marcus Rashford led a campaign to provide children from poor families with free meals (Image: PA)

On the day his political soulmate was being urged to belatedly show some humility after defeat in the US election, Boris Johnson once again bowed to the better judgment of a 23-year-old footballer, in the latest of a series of high-profile U-turns.

After weeks of digging in his heels and refusing to cede to calls to extend free school meals to children from low-income families during school holidays in England, Johnson phoned the Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford on Saturday night to inform him of his change of heart.

The package includes a £170m Covid winter grant scheme to support vulnerable families in England and an extension of the holiday activities and food programme to the Easter, summer and Christmas breaks next year.

The reversal came after a crescendo of criticism, led by Rashford, but also from charities, the opposition, media on both sides of the political divide and even some Conservative MPs, who realised how out of tune their party was with the public mood.

It was the second time the Manchester United star had forced the government to change course this year. On the previous occasion, which last month earned Rashford an MBE, No 10 had initially rejected his plea for it to keep paying for £15-a-week food vouchers for some of England’s poorest families over the summer, only to cave in amid a public outcry.

Just under five months later, the Old Etonian prime minister picked up the phone and again called Rashford, who has spoken of his experience of food poverty growing up in Wythenshawe, breaking the news in what the striker described as a “good conversation”.

Showing diplomatic skills to match his footballing prowess, Rashford said: “There is still so much more to do, and my immediate concern is the approximate 1.7 million children who miss out on free school meals, holiday provision and Healthy Start vouchers because their family income isn’t quite low enough. But the intent the government have shown today is nothing but positive, and they should be recognised for that.”

Among those who hailed Rashford’s role were Save the Children UK, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the archbishop of Canterbury. The tennis coach, Judy Murray simply tweeted: “Rashford 2 Johnston [sic] 0.”

The children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, said: “I welcome these steps towards providing more free meals and healthy diets for children who need them and holiday activities. Families are facing hard times financially and this will help.”

Longfield had previously likened the debate over the issue to something out of the pages of Charles Dickens’ 19th-century novel Oliver Twist. Tory MPs had suggested that extending free school meals would increase dependency or destroy the currency because of the cost.

One Conservative MP, Brendan Clarke-Smith, called for “less celebrity virtue-signalling on Twitter by proxy and more action to tackle the real causes of child poverty”. After the Conservatives’ defeat of a Labour motion to extend free school meals prompted councils, local businesses, charities and community groups to step in to fill the void over half-term, opposition and accusations of virtue-signalling appeared ever further removed from reality. Nevertheless, Downing Street repeatedly declined to praise the organisations, saying only that it did not believe free school meals were necessary outside term.

Rashford’s warning that “there is still so much more to do” may be liable to bring Johnson out in a cold sweat.

Of the three demands in Rashford’s petition to end child food poverty, which has attracted more than 1m signatures, the one that remains unfulfilled is: “Expand free school meals to all under-16s where a parent or guardian is in receipt of universal credit or equivalent benefit.” The government is also poised for a battle over the £20-a-week pandemic supplement to universal credit, which is due to end in April.

Longfield and the Trussell Trust were among those who tempered their appreciation for the latest policy about-face by calling for the £20 universal credit increase to be retained. Becca Lyon, head of child poverty at Save the Children UK, said: “Families need to know that they’re not going to be £1,000 down next year, when the increase ends in April.”

Ladybbird · 01-02-21, 12:58

Prince William and Kate Middleton Wade Into Football Racism Row With Powerful Message

The Duke of Cambridge tweeted about 'despicable' racism in football after Manchester United star Marcus Rashford revealed he had received racist abuse online on Saturday

Daily Mirror UK, 1 FEB, 2021.

Prince William has issued a powerful statement on the scourge of “despicable” racism in football, saying “we all have a responsibility” to stamp it out.

The Duke of Cambridge, who is president of the Football Association, posted a personal message on Twitter tonight saying racist abuse of players “must stop now”.

His personal intervention came just hours after Manchester United star Marcus Rashford revealed he was subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after receiving racist abuse on Saturday.

William said: “Racist abuse - whether on the pitch, in the stands, or on social media - is despicable and it must stop now.

...

“We all have a responsibility to create an environment where such abuse is not tolerated, and those who choose to spread hate and division are held accountable for their actions.

“That responsibility extends to the platforms where so much of this activity now takes place.

“I commend all those players, supporters, clubs and organisations who continue to call out and condemn this abuse in the strongest terms.”

He signed off the tweet on the Kensington Royal Twitter profile with ‘W’.

Rashford, who was recently awarded an MBE for his tireless campaign fighting food poverty during the coronavirus crisis took to social media to reveal he had received multiple racist messages on Instagram on Saturday.

They were sent to the England striker after United's 0-0 draw with Arsenal.

The 22-year-old said: "I'm a black man and I live every day proud that I am.

"No-one, or no one comment, is going to make me feel any different. So sorry if you were looking for a strong reaction, you're just simply not going to get it here.

"I'm not sharing screenshots. It would be irresponsible to do so and as you can imagine there's nothing original in them.

"I have beautiful children of all colours following me and they don't need to read it. Beautiful colours that should only be celebrated."

In a statement released on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said it was aware that a number of Manchester United players had suffered abuse on social media between Wednesday and Saturday.

On Saturday Premier League side West Brom contacted police after their player Romaine Sawyers was sent a racist message during Tuesday's 5-0 defeat to Manchester City.

A club statement said: "Albion will offer Romaine the relevant support required at this time and continues with its long-standing commitment to help rid football of racism."

Albion boss Sam Allardyce also offered his support to Sawyers and questioned what could be done to stop online abuse.

17-06-20, 06:39	#1
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,639 Thanks: 27,645 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Prince Williams' Powerful Message on Football Racism Marcus Rashford's Campaign Victory Came From Football's Power to Effect Change 'A Game Changer': Poor families hail Marcus Rashford’s free school meals victory Footballer’s letter to government forces U-turn and offers lifeline to struggling households in England Jonathan Liew, The Guardian UK, 17 JUN 2020 Some PR stunt. In securing free school meals for deprived children in England over the summer holidays, Marcus Rashford has generated more tangible good with his voice than he ever will with his feet.... In forcing the prime minister into a hasty spin of the heels, Rashford has delivered a timely reminder that football’s influence and cultural currency stretch well beyond its own borders. And by reaching beyond those borders in an urgent and worthwhile cause, he has demonstrated the power of common resolve and common purpose, at a time when – as he himself put it – society “appears to be more divided than ever”. This, perhaps, is the wider point here, one that goes well beyond child malnutrition or child poverty or narrowing opportunity – or even the decade of callous political choices that have led to all three. Just 22 years of age and with little to no experience in professional politics, Rashford not only identified an achievable policy aim but solicited advice, did his own research, took soundings. Most importantly of all, he then sought the one prerequisite to any sort of change worth getting out of bed for. “Just look at what we can do when we come together, THIS is England in 2020,” Rashford tweeted upon the news that his campaign had borne fruit. Indeed, if there has been one overarching theme of Rashford’s activism and his methods, it has been the pursuit of consensus. “This is not about politics,” he wrote early yesterday. “The same way us players put rivalry aside when we put the England shirt on, please #maketheuturn.” In one important sense this is about politics. Children don’t go hungry in a vacuum. Only one party has been in office for the past decade. But perhaps Rashford’s point here is about the pitfalls of partisanship, the boundaries of tribal loyalty, the limits of shouting in a closed room. Keir Starmer doesn’t control the education budget. LBC’s James O’Brien can’t change government policy. And as the Premier League starts up its engines and once again requests our undivided attention, there is a lesson here for all of us who profess an interest in the game. It has become fashionable to see the world in terms of archetypes. Sport, and football in particular, encourages this trait by offering up ready-made silos, natural enmities, eternal conflict. Think of a team you don’t like and then try to think of all the different terms you use to disparage them. But this goes beyond club loyalty and into individuals: endless tribes, endless othering. You do it, I do it, we all do it. The plastics. The null-and-voiders. The football hipsters. As if every aspect of one’s personality, one’s essence, one’s basic humanity, could simply be extrapolated from a single opinion or choice. Naturally, because this is football and because this is 2020, Rashford can expect the usual mean-spirited grumblings and whataboutery. Well, observes faceless avatar with a jumble of random numbers in their Twitter handle, you’ll notice Rashford hasn’t said a word about the massacre of ethnic Syldavians in Zyrkovia, so can you really call him a champion of the impoverished masses? Well, observes bizarrely popular right-wing columnist, you’ll notice that despite asking the Treasury to dip into its pockets, Rashford is yet to give away 100% of his salary and all his possessions, so the only thing I’m tasting here is woke-left hypocrisy. Just this once, it’s fine to ignore the noise. There will always be a cynical constituency to whom any public act by a public figure must be imputed with malign motives. Brazil’s fourth goal against Italy in 1970: a PR stunt. Paolo Di Canio catching the ball just as he was about to score: a PR stunt. The 1914 Christmas truce in no-man’s-land? How convenient photographers turned up just as they were starting the game. Rashford’s reputation will take a boost as a result of this – but, ultimately, who cares? Certainly not the families poised to benefit from his intervention. And what makes Rashford’s pursuit of this cause so compelling is that it so clearly derives from his own experiences, his own senses, his own world. He knows what it feels like to be hungry. To be reliant on the generosity of others for survival. To take the bus from Manchester to Salford for training at The Cliff and be struck by the number of homeless people on the streets. The “us and them” instinct in elite English football has arguably never been stronger. As a sport, we seem to have mislaid the idea that clubs are umbilically linked to their localities, that footballers are tied to the communities that produce them, that football fans have a shared consciousness that should occasionally cut across tribal boundaries, that the superclubs and the smaller clubs and the Sunday League clubs are part of a single, breathing organism, that collective problems can only be met with a collective solution. And at times like this – atomically sealed, physically distanced, our contact with each other mediated through Zoom windows and email tabs – it becomes harder to think of ourselves as a cogent whole, as one game with a common purpose. This, perhaps, is the true sporting legacy of Rashford’s activism: to remind us that when football speaks with one voice, nobody dares shout it down. Read More 'Protect the vulnerable': Marcus Rashford's emotional letter to MPs *'Protect the vulnerable': Marcus Rashford's open letter to MPs* Marcus Rashford tells of childhood poverty in campaign for free school meals; Boris Johnson congratulates Marcus Rashford after free school meals u turn; __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

09-11-20, 09:40	#2
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,639 Thanks: 27,645 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: Prince Williams' Powerful Message on Football Racism Marcus Rashford Forces Boris Johnson Into Second U-Turn on Child Food Poverty Tory U-turn on feeding Britain's poorest children at Christmas after Rashford campaign The UK Govt initially refused to extend free schools meals over the Christmas break but have now reversed their decision after Marcus Rashford led a campaign to provide children with free food The PM called the footballer on Saturday night to confirm latest about-face for the government The Guardian UK, 9 NOV 2020 Marcus Rashford led a campaign to provide children from poor families with free meals (Image: PA) On the day his political soulmate was being urged to belatedly show some humility after defeat in the US election, Boris Johnson once again bowed to the better judgment of a 23-year-old footballer, in the latest of a series of high-profile U-turns. After weeks of digging in his heels and refusing to cede to calls to extend free school meals to children from low-income families during school holidays in England, Johnson phoned the Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford on Saturday night to inform him of his change of heart. The package includes a £170m Covid winter grant scheme to support vulnerable families in England and an extension of the holiday activities and food programme to the Easter, summer and Christmas breaks next year. The reversal came after a crescendo of criticism, led by Rashford, but also from charities, the opposition, media on both sides of the political divide and even some Conservative MPs, who realised how out of tune their party was with the public mood. It was the second time the Manchester United star had forced the government to change course this year. On the previous occasion, which last month earned Rashford an MBE, No 10 had initially rejected his plea for it to keep paying for £15-a-week food vouchers for some of England’s poorest families over the summer, only to cave in amid a public outcry. Just under five months later, the Old Etonian prime minister picked up the phone and again called Rashford, who has spoken of his experience of food poverty growing up in Wythenshawe, breaking the news in what the striker described as a “good conversation”. Showing diplomatic skills to match his footballing prowess, Rashford said: “There is still so much more to do, and my immediate concern is the approximate 1.7 million children who miss out on free school meals, holiday provision and Healthy Start vouchers because their family income isn’t quite low enough. But the intent the government have shown today is nothing but positive, and they should be recognised for that.” Among those who hailed Rashford’s role were Save the Children UK, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the archbishop of Canterbury. The tennis coach, Judy Murray simply tweeted: “Rashford 2 Johnston [sic] 0.” The children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, said: “I welcome these steps towards providing more free meals and healthy diets for children who need them and holiday activities. Families are facing hard times financially and this will help.” Longfield had previously likened the debate over the issue to something out of the pages of Charles Dickens’ 19th-century novel Oliver Twist. Tory MPs had suggested that extending free school meals would increase dependency or destroy the currency because of the cost. One Conservative MP, Brendan Clarke-Smith, called for “less celebrity virtue-signalling on Twitter by proxy and more action to tackle the real causes of child poverty”. After the Conservatives’ defeat of a Labour motion to extend free school meals prompted councils, local businesses, charities and community groups to step in to fill the void over half-term, opposition and accusations of virtue-signalling appeared ever further removed from reality. Nevertheless, Downing Street repeatedly declined to praise the organisations, saying only that it did not believe free school meals were necessary outside term. Rashford’s warning that “there is still so much more to do” may be liable to bring Johnson out in a cold sweat. Of the three demands in Rashford’s petition to end child food poverty, which has attracted more than 1m signatures, the one that remains unfulfilled is: “Expand free school meals to all under-16s where a parent or guardian is in receipt of universal credit or equivalent benefit.” The government is also poised for a battle over the £20-a-week pandemic supplement to universal credit, which is due to end in April. Longfield and the Trussell Trust were among those who tempered their appreciation for the latest policy about-face by calling for the £20 universal credit increase to be retained. Becca Lyon, head of child poverty at Save the Children UK, said: “Families need to know that they’re not going to be £1,000 down next year, when the increase ends in April.” __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

01-02-21, 12:58	#3
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,639 Thanks: 27,645 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Re: Prince Williams' Powerful Message on Football Racism Prince William and Kate Middleton Wade Into Football Racism Row With Powerful Message The Duke of Cambridge tweeted about 'despicable' racism in football after Manchester United star Marcus Rashford revealed he had received racist abuse online on Saturday Daily Mirror UK, 1 FEB, 2021. Prince William has issued a powerful statement on the scourge of “despicable” racism in football, saying “we all have a responsibility” to stamp it out. The Duke of Cambridge, who is president of the Football Association, posted a personal message on Twitter tonight saying racist abuse of players “must stop now”. His personal intervention came just hours after Manchester United star Marcus Rashford revealed he was subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after receiving racist abuse on Saturday. William said: “Racist abuse - whether on the pitch, in the stands, or on social media - is despicable and it must stop now. ... “We all have a responsibility to create an environment where such abuse is not tolerated, and those who choose to spread hate and division are held accountable for their actions. “That responsibility extends to the platforms where so much of this activity now takes place. “I commend all those players, supporters, clubs and organisations who continue to call out and condemn this abuse in the strongest terms.” He signed off the tweet on the Kensington Royal Twitter profile with ‘W’. Rashford, who was recently awarded an MBE for his tireless campaign fighting food poverty during the coronavirus crisis took to social media to reveal he had received multiple racist messages on Instagram on Saturday. They were sent to the England striker after United's 0-0 draw with Arsenal. The 22-year-old said: "I'm a black man and I live every day proud that I am. "No-one, or no one comment, is going to make me feel any different. So sorry if you were looking for a strong reaction, you're just simply not going to get it here. "I'm not sharing screenshots. It would be irresponsible to do so and as you can imagine there's nothing original in them. "I have beautiful children of all colours following me and they don't need to read it. Beautiful colours that should only be celebrated." In a statement released on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said it was aware that a number of Manchester United players had suffered abuse on social media between Wednesday and Saturday. On Saturday Premier League side West Brom contacted police after their player Romaine Sawyers was sent a racist message during Tuesday's 5-0 defeat to Manchester City. A club statement said: "Albion will offer Romaine the relevant support required at this time and continues with its long-standing commitment to help rid football of racism." Albion boss Sam Allardyce also offered his support to Sawyers and questioned what could be done to stop online abuse. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

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