The Conservative MP who accused Marcus Rashford of “playing politics” and said he should stick to football has a second job herself, it has been revealed.
Natalie Elphicke, MP for Dover, criticised the Manchester United and England footballer in July after he missed a crucial penalty in the Euro 2020 final.
After the match, she sent a private message to colleagues suggesting he stuck to his day job rather than calling on the government to act over free school meals and campaigning against child food poverty.
She wrote: “They lost – would it be ungenerous to say Rashford should have spent more time perfecting his game and less time playing politics.”
But it has since been revealed that Elphicke, who earns £82,000 as an MP, also gets £36,000 a
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