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8th September 2021
12:59pm BST

"We met over Zoom and he seemed incredibly engaged, compassionate and charming but then he had to shoot off. I didn’t want to be the one that was holding him back from his training."https://twitter.com/tnewtondunn/status/1435559102718091264?s=20 While the Manchester United man and England international is beyond a household name these days - his incredible campaigning for school meals, to end child poverty in the UK and efforts to get kids reading again earned him an MBE - it seems the Education Secretary still can't put the right name to the right face. Butler clarifies in the piece that Williamson had met Itoje about "bridge[ing] the digital divide" in schooling, mentioning how the government was trying to source thousands of laptops to supply kids and their families during the pandemic. Rashford’s spokesperson has since confirmed that he has never met or had any direct communication with Williamson at any point. https://twitter.com/MarcusRashford/status/1435565258932998148 Oh dear - just oh dear.
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