Current leader of the Opposition Marcus Rashford, fresh off a summer of forcing government U-turns has found himself embroiled in another war of words with a Tory MP.
The 22-year-old launched an astonishing broadside at MP Kevin Hollinrake after the parliamentarian implied it was a parent’s job to feed their children, not the job of government.
After being confronted by Rashford, 57-year-old Kevin, who at one time owned a literal castle,simply offered to “debate” the striker on an open forum of his choosing. It was not clear at the time of writing whether Mr. Hollinrake was preparing to argue whether parents cared about their children or just that they simply didn’t deserve government food.
I would urge you to talk to families before tweeting. To this day I haven’t met one parent who hasn’t wanted or felt the responsibility to feed their children… https://t.co/J72VyRazbF
— Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford) September 6, 2020
Mr. Hollinrake, who’s been an MP since May 2015, claimed just under the national average wage in second housing allowance last year, while sporting a Gandhi inspired “be the change you want to see in the world” twitter header photo.
Very happy to debate this with you in any open forum
— Kevin Hollinrake MP (@kevinhollinrake) September 6, 2020
The MP was originally bragging about the success of Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme in his constituency of Thirsk and Malton before someone asked why Marcus Rashford had to stand up for hungry kids while restaurants were subsidised.
Rashford’s putdown, which has been liked over 200k times, said: “I would urge you to talk to families before tweeting. To this day I haven’t met one parent who hasn’t wanted or felt the responsibility to feed their children.”
Put to the side that this comment came from an MP. It’s comments like this that prevent people from speaking their truth and asking for help. We need to start uplifting each other. I would have had the same response to anyone tweeting this…
— Marcus Rashford (@MarcusRashford) September 6, 2020
So far Rashford has not accepted the invitation of ‘debate me’ guy Kevin, but an anxious nation holds its breath.
