Gary Neville sends a cheeky message to Boris Johnson
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He said: “I’m concerned that we are starting to see language that is unwelcoming to staff.
“No one loves working with local people more than I do, but everyone in the hospitality industry here has benefited from working with staff from abroad, just like I benefited greatly in my football career from being alongside Cantona, Schmeichel and Ronaldo.”
Neville has also emerged as a vocal critic of both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Keir Starmer.
He compared the UK's COVID-19 response to his disastrous spell as Valencia manager.
In December, Neville said: “I’ve got no doubt how difficult it’s been in the last eight to ten months being in Government. I’ve got no doubts. These are unique circumstances.
“I’ve been there where I was the ‘leader’ of a football club for four months in Valencia. I was out of my depth. I was spinning and I had to just jump off the roundabout because ultimately I was out of my depth and I didn’t know what I was doing.
“That’s what I feel I’ve seen in the leadership of this country in the last eight months. They’re out of their depth.
“The countries who have dealt with this really well, they’ve had definite and sure leaders, people who have been in control, composed, clear plans, clear communication strategy, aggressive testing, disciplined tracing, they’ve had border controls in place.
“They’ve made decisions that have been unpopular at times, but they’ve really handled the virus well.
“We’re still eight months later and none the wiser as to how our long-term looks, how our short-term looks, how our medium-term looks."
Neville also criticised Sir Keir for failing to "take a stand" in a key vote in December.
Labour were planning to abstain on a vote on local lockdowns, from which policies were poised to impact huge swathes of the north.
Neville said: “I was as critical of the Labour Party earlier in the week because they’re there to protect the disadvantaged and the vulnerable and the restrictions in place which protect health are fine, but they know that the economic support isn’t in place aligned with those restrictions, which means you’ve got to take a position and you cannot abstain. Take a stand.
“You told in the general election to all the people on the doorsteps, get out and vote so when you’re elected and you’re in that seat in Westminster, you’ve to take a position, you don’t abstain, you take part in the match, you’re the opposition."