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Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to remove the party whip from a Labour MP who shared a social media post accusing Kemi Badenoch of representing ‘white supremacy in blackface’.
Dawn Butler shared the post just before the new Conservative party leader was elected.
The Brent East MP later deleted the post, originally written by Nels Abbey, a London-based Nigerian journalist.
It was titled ‘Warning: Seven rules for surviving a Kemi Badenoch victory’ and listed ‘handy tips for surviving the immediate surge of Badenochism (i.e. white supremacy in blackface).’
It also described Mrs Badenoch’s win as a ‘victory for racism’.