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Reactions as Patel praises England team after slamming ‘gesture politics’ for taking a knee

England fans home and abroad celebrated into the early hours after the Three Lions reached their second consecutive semi-final at a major tournament.

The Three Lions’ 4-0 demolition of Ukraine in Rome set up a clash with Denmark at Wembley, with restrictions on capacity set to be eased for the fixture.

Harry Kane scored once in each half, with goals from Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson seeing the side through.

It is the second time England have found themselves one game away from a major final in the last three years after Gareth Southgate led the country to the same stage at the World Cup in 2018.

Priti Patel also jumped on the bandwagon, with a celebratory tweet.

Well this left a lot of people to question her praise after some pretty harsh comment on England players for taking a knee.

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