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Theresa May orders Tory MP to be suspended after using N-word
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 10, 2017 09:02pm |
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| Author | Rowena Mason |
| News Date | Monday, July 10, 2017 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Theresa May has ordered the Conservative party’s chief whip to suspend an MP who used the N-word at an event during a discussion about Brexit.
Anne Marie Morris, the MP for Newton Abbot in Devon, said sorry for causing offence with her use of the word, after a string of opposition politicians accused her of racism.
However, the prime minister decided to suspend the whip from Morris after saying the remarks were shocking and unacceptable.
The row broke out after Morris was recorded telling an event: “Now I’m sure there will be many people who’ll challenge that, but my response and my request is look at the detail, it isn’t all doom and gloom. Now we get to the real nigger in the woodpile, which is, in two years what happens if there is no deal?”
Her remarks, recorded by the Huffington Post at the East India Club, caused an immediate backlash, with opposition politicians calling on May to withdraw the whip from Morris.
Within an hour of the comments emerging, Morris had issued a statement of apology. “The comment was totally unintentional. I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused,” she said in an email.
About three hours later, May released a statement saying Morris was being disciplined and the whip suspended. |
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