Last modified on Sun 18 Jul 2021 05.05 EDT Priti Patel is under fresh pressure after being accused of appearing to have misled parliament on proposed powers to crack down on protests and, separately, issuing a statement on her asylum bill that does not seem to be supported by evidence. Both interventions from the home secretary were used to justify some of the most controversial aspects of her bills on policing and the asylum system, which have both been criticised as either undemocratic or cruel. The developments emerge days after Patel was accused by England footballer Tyrone Mings of âstoking the fireâ for racists to abuse his teammates after she dismissed taking the knee as âgesture politics.â