MARTIN Webb felt so strongly about the Government’s handling of racist abuse suffered by three England players after the Euro2020 finals defeat that he staged a one man protest outside Robert Buckland’s office.

Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were all racially abused on social media after missing their penalties against Italy.

It angered Martin so much he stood in Wood Street with a sign for four hours on Saturday to show support for the black community. “Quite a lot of people stopped and had a chat, it was a good response,” he said.

“Three people were opposed to what I was doing, two Tory voters told me they were against taking the knee because politics should be kept out of sport.

I had one call me a Marxist and say that ‘I didn’t know what I was doing’.

“I’m not a Marxist, it’s about racial equality and justice, the protest has nothing to do with Marxism.

“Quite a lot of youngsters agreed with me and said what went on after the England game was horrendous.

“One lady said that her daughter went on social media after the game and it left her quite upset.

“This protest was a standing support for the black community after the football last week.

“It’s more important than ever to raise awareness, it’s to stand in solidarity with the black community whilst taking aim at the Government.”

The Government came under fire last week when player Tyrone Mings from Wiltshire clashed with Priti Patel after the Home Secretary called out the racist abuse. He accused her of ‘stoking the fire’ towards the players who took the knee before their matches.

Martin agreed with his comments.

“I don’t think the Government’s doing enough to stamp out racist behaviour in the country,” he said.

“They seem to be reluctant to clamp down on racism, anyone caught racially abusing a footballer should be banned, something has to be done about racism in general.

“Mings was right in what he said. You can’t criticise a movement like she did, and then she’s trying to condemn the behaviour which she’s partly responsible for.

“She’s been against Black Lives Matter from the start.

“Now it’s all come to the surface and she’s trying to backtrack on what she’s said.

“She and Boris Johnson are trying to condemn the behaviour which they helped create.

“Robert Buckland’s a big part of the Government and that’s why I chose his office.

“I will be staging more protests here in the future if I think it’s needed.”

Robert Buckland's office declined to give a response when asked by the Adver.