PRITI Patel has accused a group of Labour MPs of being “racist” towards her – after they said she was gaslighting minorities by speaking up about her own experiences. The Home Sec…
The Home Secretary had been praised for her brave speech about her own struggles with sick racist abuseMs Patel laid bare her own experiences, and claimed Labour "effectively said that this government doesn't understand racial inequality".
She continued: "Well, on that basis, it must have been a very different home secretary who as a child was frequently called a P**i in the playground. "A very different home secretary who was racially abused in the streets or even advised to drop her surname and use her husband's in order to advance her career.
"A different home secretary recently characterised in The Guardian newspaper as a fat cow with a ring through its nose - something that was not only racist but offensive, both culturally and religiously."So, when it comes to racism, sexism, tolerance for social justice, I will not take lectures from the other side of the House."He said: "Of course Priti Patel was not wrong to talk about her personal experiences of racism.
"I'm incredibly proud to be part of the most diverse Government... with Priti and Rishi, and Alok and Nadhim, and Kemi, and James and Suella, and all the rest.
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