Angela Smith, who has literally just quit the Labour Party citing racism, here describing BAME people as being a “funny tin…”
What were you trying to say, Angela?#PoliticsLive pic.twitter.com/h33MNd0oet
— Evolve Politics (@evolvepolitics) February 18, 2019
Angela Smith described people from the Black, Asian and minority ethnic community as being a “funny tin…” on Politics Live today.
The MP stumbled over her words as she said: “The recent history of the party I’ve just left said it’s not just about being Black or… a funny… tin… you know, different… from the BAME community, but the Jewish community equally.”
Novara Media‘s Ash Sarkar then interrupts: “A funny what?”
Smith is one of seven MPs who left the Labour Party this morning citing institutional racism as a reason for quitting.
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