Black MPs and campaigners hit out after attempt to downplay Black Lives Matter protests
Senior black politicians and campaigners have rounded on the government for suggesting the UK is not racist and for claiming that the Black Lives Matter protests across the country are simply based on anger about prejudice in the US.
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