Lammy condemns Reform MP’s “racist and nasty” comments

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Justice Secretary David Lammy has condemned Reform MP Sarah Pochin's comments about the number of ethnic minorities appearing in television adverts, calling them “mean, nasty and racist”. Lammy said Nigel Farage should apologise and remove the MP, adding that Britain is “so much better than this”.   Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Her statements were mean, were nasty and were racist.

00:06Our country is so much better than this.

00:10Unbelievably nasty statements.

00:13All of us are neighbours in this country.

00:16All of us recognise the contribution of the Windrush generation,

00:21black Britons particularly, in so many areas of our life.

00:26These were terribly racist remarks.

00:28Nigel Farage should sack her effectively and certainly say something

00:35and apologise for what she has said today.

00:39I'm disgusted by what she said, not just on behalf of myself or my family

00:44or the people of London, but on behalf of our country.

00:47We are so much better than this.

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