Sir Keir Starmer faced a growing storm over London Labour MP Dawn Butler appearing to share a tweet describing Kemi Badenoch as a “member of white supremacy’s black collaborator class”.Home Secretary Yvette Cooper described as “appalling” the description of Ms Badenoch becoming Tory leader as a “Blackface of white supremacy has broken the glass ceiling for all Black people”.
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00:00I strongly disagree with that, that the statement that you just run, I think it
00:05you know I think I know I strongly disagree with it but I haven't seen the
00:13post and so I don't know about the detail but I strongly disagree with it.
00:17Secretary of State a black face of white supremacy has broken the glass ceiling
00:21for all black people I know Dawn Butler I've worked with Dawn Butler on Sky News
00:24she's a very but she is not a racist but that is a racist sentiment isn't it
00:28Home Secretary. I think the words that you have read out are clearly
00:33appalling and I would strongly disagree with them so I haven't seen the post I
00:38don't know the circumstances around it but I think we should congratulate
00:41Kelly Bednock on her election I will continue to disagree with her on all
00:46sorts of issues but nevertheless I congratulate her on her election.