Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said that he respects the right of people to peacefully protest following the England football team taking the knee ahead of a Euro 2020 warm-up game last week. The tournament, originally scheduled for last year, was postponed for a year due to restriction measures during the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. England’s players took a knee ahead of the first warm-up game against Austria at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough on June 1. Loud boos were heard among some 7,000 fans, but they were quickly drowned out by applause. A similar incident happened in December 2020, when around 2,000 fans of Millwall F.C. booed players who took a knee at the start of a game against Derby County F.C. Taking the knee is a gesture made by many celebrities, politicians, and professional sportspeople in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George …