Moment to Take the Knee ‘Has Passed’ – Guido Fawkes

Lammy: Moment to Take the Knee ‘Has Passed’

In a sign of the times, David Lammy has abandoned his defence of taking the knee. Co-conspirators will recall the media circus back in 2020, when Lammy, Starmer, and Rayner all dropped to the floor in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. A year later, Lammy was still proudly tweeting: “This is why we take the knee. Praying for a better future”…

Now Lammy says that moment has passed. He told Times Radio:

“I think that was a moment in time after the murder of George Floyd. I think that moment has probably passed. I haven’t seen actually for some years people using that particular gesture.”

His comments follow news that the Lionesses will no longer be taking the knee before kick-off, citing a need for “another way” to tackle racism. Not exactly news to some…