Overview

• Gary Neville said in a LinkedIn video that division in Britain is being created mainly by “angry, middle‑aged white men” and disclosed he removed a Union Jack from one of his Manchester development sites because it was being used “in a negative fashion.”
• Multiple outlets report Sky Sports will not discipline Neville over the comments, and he returned to on‑air duties over the weekend.
• Neville’s social media accounts have been flooded with hostile messages, and some fans have called for boycotts of Sky Sports over the video.
• Faith and communities minister Miatta Fahnbulleh said he was “really right” that some people are trying to divide communities, while critics including Reform UK’s Lee Anderson and Dame Andrea Jenkyns accused him of stereotyping and being out of touch; Sir James Cleverly called him polarising.
• The row unfolded as flags proliferated under “Operation Raise the Colours,” which advocacy group Hope Not Hate links to organisers with reported ties to far‑right figures.