Former Celtic players join Gary Neville as they respond to Matt Hancock attack
Tony Watt and Rab Douglas are among the former Celtic players taking Matt Hancock to task after the Health Minister urged EPL players to take wage cuts as the country battles against a global pandemic.
Wages of £100,000 a week and upwards are difficult for the public to relate to when jobs are being lost across almost every sector with the luckier folk discovering the term Furlough which means that they will pick up 80% of their basic wage for the next three months.
Over the last week the news has started to turn towards highlighting the Government failings in terms of testing, the delay in bringing in lockdown and the decision to go ahead with the Cheltenham Racing festival which continued until the day before the EPL, EFL, SFA and SPFL announced the suspension of football.
I’d love to see him call out Richard Branson etc… he’d be out a job in months ? https://t.co/DN5xA9otTG
— Tony Watt (@32watto_) April 2, 2020
WATCH – cometh the hour cometh the Tory lie; in January Hancock told Parliament we had a world leading test for Convid-19, that the NHS was ready and that the whole of the UK was well prepared…today we’re facing reality and they want you to believe another set of their claims! pic.twitter.com/lhtel0V0wN
— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) April 2, 2020
I wish I was a player for 10 more mins.The PL players are more than likely working on a proposal to help clubs , communities and The NHS. It takes longer than 2 weeks to put together. Matt Hancock calling them out when he can’t get tests in place for NHS staff is a f@@@@@g cheek!
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) April 2, 2020
Very poor show from Matt Hancock on footballers earlier .
What about all other wealthy industries ?
Have all the MPs taken pay cuts ? Is it only royalty and MPs who get tested before NHS staff ?— Robert Douglas (@Robert__Douglas) April 2, 2020
Taking pay cuts or making some hefty donations to NHS charities or Food Banks would be welcome gestures by top footballers, especially with little sign of similar actions being taken by the richest people in the country.
Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic and Tim Martin, the owner of Wetherspoons, were among the first to make staff redundant as soon as the pandemic struck without any comment from the UK Government despite public criticism across social media.
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Perhaps Hancock could highlight some of the leading Tory supporters and the ‘hits that they’ve taken for the team’ before he attacks young men in their twenties who have earned their wealth off their own back by excelling in a sport that attracts plenty of investment and pay out fortunes in Income Tax.