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| Tory MP suspended for ‘n****r in the woodpile’ Brexit remarks (AUDIO) | |
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| A Tory MP has become embroiled in a racism row after describing the UK’s departure from the European Union without an agreed deal as “a real n****r in the woodpile.” | A Tory MP has become embroiled in a racism row after describing the UK’s departure from the European Union without an agreed deal as “a real n****r in the woodpile.” |
| Anne Marie Morris, the Brexit-supporting MP for Newton Abbott, made the remark Monday at the launch of a report into the fate of the UK’s financial sector after Britain leaves the EU. | Anne Marie Morris, the Brexit-supporting MP for Newton Abbott, made the remark Monday at the launch of a report into the fate of the UK’s financial sector after Britain leaves the EU. |
| After predicting that financial services will remain largely unaffected by Brexit, Morris said: “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. | After predicting that financial services will remain largely unaffected by Brexit, Morris said: “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 n****r in the woodpile which is in two years what happens if there is no deal” | “Now we get to the real n****r in the woodpile which is in two years what happens if there is no deal” |
| Morris, the Tory whip in Parliament, was a panellist at the central London event with fellow eurosceptics Tory MPs Bill Cash, John Redwood and Kwasi Kwarteng. | Morris, the Tory whip in Parliament, was a panellist at the central London event with fellow eurosceptics Tory MPs Bill Cash, John Redwood and Kwasi Kwarteng. |
| Morris, whose whip has now been suspended by the Conservatives, has also apologized for her statement. | Morris, whose whip has now been suspended by the Conservatives, has also apologized for her statement. |
| "The comment was totally unintentional," she said. "I apologize unreservedly for any offence caused." | "The comment was totally unintentional," she said. "I apologize unreservedly for any offence caused." |
| MPs from rival parties have taken to Twitter to criticize her remarks. | MPs from rival parties have taken to Twitter to criticize her remarks. |
| Others are similarly unimpressed, with some commentators calling on the MP to resign. | Others are similarly unimpressed, with some commentators calling on the MP to resign. |
| Morris is not the first Conservative Party member to publicly use the phrase. | Morris is not the first Conservative Party member to publicly use the phrase. |
| In 2008, then-Prime Minister David Cameron was urged to strip Lord Dixon Smith of his title as whip in the House of Lords after using the words during a debate. | In 2008, then-Prime Minister David Cameron was urged to strip Lord Dixon Smith of his title as whip in the House of Lords after using the words during a debate. |
| The peer later apologized, telling members that he had “left his brains behind.” | The peer later apologized, telling members that he had “left his brains behind.” |