What’s taking the knee and why is it important?
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 21, 2025
Several Conservative politicians have said they oppose kneeling because they see it as a political statement.
Before Euro 2020, the then Home Secretary Priti Patel said that she did not support "people participating in that type of gesture politics".
Gillian Keegan, who is now the education secretary, has previously said taking the knee is "creating division", and Tory MP Lee Anderson