Overview

• Neville’s LinkedIn video, posted a day after two people were killed at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, blamed rising division on “angry, middle-aged white men” and said he removed a Union Jack from one of his sites because it was being used negatively.
• Faith and Communities Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh said he was right to call out people stoking tensions, while Conservative figure Sir James Cleverly called Neville “polarising.”
• Calls to boycott Sky Sports trended as critics accused Neville of politicising tragedy, though he stressed his patriotism, citing 85 England caps and urging the country to “become a team again.”
• Coverage linked the surge in Union Jack and St George’s flags to Operation Raise the Colours, a campaign portrayed by some outlets as associated with divisive far-right figures.
• Police inquiries into the synagogue attack continue, with watchdog IOPC examining the police shooting; two of six people arrested were released without charge and four remain in custody, according to local updates.