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		</div><p>British Military personnel have been told they cannot “take the knee” to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement while in uniform.</p>
<p>The guidance was issued to personnel at the Royal Navy’s onshore training base HMS Sultan in Gosport, Hampshire, a defence source said.</p>
<blockquote><p>The recent protests have reminded us that we all have a role to play shaping a better society</p></blockquote>
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<p>The policy was implemented at a “very local level” at the base and was not issued by the UK&#8217;s Ministry of Defence (MoD) as part of wider guidance, the source added.</p>
<p>It also only applies to military personnel who are in uniform.</p>
<p>The defence source said: “There is a long standing policy in the armed forces that no member who is wearing uniform or is on duty is allowed to attend political protests or marches of any kind.”</p>
<p>Footballers, police officers and protesters around the world have been pictured taking a knee following the death of George Floyd in the US state of Minnesota.</p>
<figure id="attachment_157539" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-157539" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/8114BA2A-FF4D-492B-A496-A97451F059B6.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="427" class="size-full wp-image-157539" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-157539" class="wp-caption-text">Police taking the knee during a Black Lives Matter rally in Victoria Square, Birmingham</figcaption></figure>
<p>The pose has come to be recognised as a symbolic act in opposing racism in the last couple of years, and originated in American football.</p>
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<p>The MoD said it does “not tolerate racism” and instead “promotes diversity and equality”.</p>
<p>“The recent protests have reminded us that we all have a role to play shaping a better society,” an MoD spokeswoman said.</p>
<p>British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was heavily criticised in June after he suggested “taking the knee” was a symbol of subjugation which originated in TV drama <i>Game Of Thrones</i>.</p>
<figure id="attachment_119913" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-119913" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/27607805-0D89-4214-9B40-F3AFB33A2A7C.jpeg" alt="Dominic Raab, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Anti-Semitism, Politics" width="600" height="336" class="size-full wp-image-119913" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-119913" class="wp-caption-text">Dominic Raab</figcaption></figure>
<p>Mr Raab told <i>talkRadio</i> said he would not take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, saying he only kneels for “the Queen and the missus when I asked her to marry me”.</p>
<p>Mr Raab’s comments drew fierce criticism from Labour, with shadow justice secretary David Lammy describing the remarks as “deeply embarrassing”.</p>
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