Apparent gaffe prompts outrage with education secretary described as most ignorant in UK history
Gavin Williamson has been branded the most ignorant and incapable education secretary in the UK’s history after he appeared to confuse Marcus Rashford with the England rugby player Maro Itoje, who is also black.
The cabinet minister, who is widely tipped for demotion at a long-awaited reshuffle some Westminster insiders think could take place on Thursday, made the apparent gaffe in an interview with the Evening Standard.
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