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T_i_B

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2. My local MP has already made quite a gaffe

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 01:59 PM

Feb 2019

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-47283899/former-labour-mp-angela-smith-criticised-over-skin-colour-comment

One of the seven MPs who resigned from the Labour Party on Monday has been criticised over a comment about skin colour.

Angela Smith appeared on BBC Two's Politics Live programme and in a discussion about race, appeared to say: "It's not just about being black or a funny tinge."

The MP has since posted a video on Twitter apologising for the comment, adding: "I am very upset that I misspoke so badly."

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