Jenrick doubles down on ‘I didn’t see any white faces’ attack on Birmingham and insists it ‘did look like a slum’
Robert Jenrick doubled Birmingham’s interpretation of not seeing a “another white face” that he “looks like a shanty” when he visited the Handsworth region.
Shadow Justice Secretary defended his words, insisting on the problems of integration, and his comments on white faces were only a “observation ..
Talking during a live record Telegram‘S DAILY T At the Conservative Party Conference, Podcast, Jenrick said that the towns and cities that have been largely separated are “pockets ve and that when they visit, we should not step back” by adding that there is not a mixture of people on the streets ”.
“It looked like a slum,” he added.
In March, Mr. Jenrick met with a strong criticism of the comments that Birmingham had made a 90 -minute visit to Handsworth. He also said: “This is not a kind of country I want to live in”, Guardian notified.
West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker said that Mr. Jenrick’s comments were racist because he said, bir He set out to define the point he wanted to do – to take advantage of the color of people – ”. BBC Radio WM told him, “Another politician I know at the West Midlands of a mainstream party will openly and intention,” he said.
And Birmingham bishop, the right priest Michael Volland branded the words “completely wrong, and said he was horrified and disappointed to hear them.
In a letter to Mr. Jenrick, he said: gibi As you do, comments have the potential to make concern and divide.
“They can feed it to a harmful narrative that provides fuel for the fire of toxic nationalism.
“I advise you to think about how politicians can make such interpretations of such comments and how your rhetoric can contribute to the union rather than stopping the division.”
In the meantime, West Midlands former Conservative Mayor Andy Street, Handsworth’un integration to claim to claim that “Robert is wrong,” he said.
He said BBC News Night: “I was a mayor for seven years and I was proud to be the mayor of the most various places in the UK.
“Frankly, Robert is wrong. This is a place that I know very well… Actually, it is a very integrated place. If you go along the main streets, you will see the Christians of the Sigles, Hindus, Muslims, Africa and the Caribbean and of course white people.”
After Badenoch’s defense of the former leadership opponent on explanations, he insisted that there was nothing “the wrong” and that he received the reports “a pinch of salt”.
When asked about his statements on Tuesday, the Torah leader said: “The truth is that these are non -context records, I don’t know what has been discussed before.
“On his own, this is a real expression. If he says he has not seen another white face, he may be making an observation. There is nothing wrong with observation.
“I wasn’t there, so I can’t say how many faces you see, but there is a lot of people in our country.
Speaking at the dinner of an Aldridge-Brownhills Conservative Association on March 14, Jenrick said that it was not “about the color of your skin or your belief”, but people living with each other ”.
In the leaked record, he could say that Mr. Jenrick could be heard: “The other day I went to Handsworth in Birmingham to make a video about the garbage and was absolutely scary.
“As close to a slum neighborhood in this country as close as I came.
“But the other thing I noticed was one of the worst integrated places I’ve ever been to. Actually, I was taking news there in an hour and a half, I didn’t see any other white face.
“This is not the kind of country I want to live.
“I want to live in a country where people are properly integrated. This is not about the color of your skin or belief, of course not, but I want people to live together with each other, not parallel lives.”
Labor Party President Anna Turley criticized Mr. Jenrick for evaluating her own comfort, whether there are other white faces around ”.
Redcar deputy said: “This weekend, Kemi Badenoch said that he was standing against a policy that puts people into categories and then attracts each other.
“Robert Jenrick reduces people to the color of his skin in his leaked comments and judges his own comfort as there are other white faces around him.
“His comments clearly exceed a red line that the leader rightly put forward.
“Colorful people should not have to justify their English, British or their assets in this country to Robert Jenrick or someone else.
“Robert Jenrick needs to explain him urgently, and why these comments are compatible with what the party leader said yesterday.”
