Vince Cable urges Premiership Rugby to "review its relationship" with Gallagher

Vince Cable

The Liberal Democrat leader has written to Premiership Rugby to draw attention the Gallagher v Ardonagh trial, after Simon Matson's "complicated fat Arab" comments were brought up in court as Gallagher argues they were "taken out of context".

Vince Cable MP has written to Premiership Rugby to urge the organisation to review its relationship with Gallagher immediately, as reported by The Guardian.

This follows the ongoing court case where Gallagher is accusing Ardonagh of poaching staff and business.

In a letter to the Premiership Rugby chief executive, Mark McCafferty, seen by Insurance Age, the leader of the Lib Dems, who is also the MP for Twickenham, referred to racist comments made by Gallagher’s UK chief executive officer

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