Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has defended remarks he made in March about the Handsworth area of Birmingham, calling it “one of the worst-integrated places” he had ever been to.In a recording reportedly made during a dinner and published by the Guardian, Jenrick said he had not seen “another white face” in the hour and a half he spent in Handsworth filming a video about litter.Labour Party chair Anna Turley criticised Jenrick, saying his comments reduced “people to the colour of their skin”.Handsworth’s Independent MP Ayoub Khan said the remarks were “not only wildly false but also incredibly irresponsible”. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she did not know the context of the recording, but that Jenrick may have been “making an observation” about his visit to the area.”I wasn’t there so I can’t say how many faces he saw, but the point is that there are many people in our country who are not integrating,” she told BBC Breakfast on Tuesday, adding she was “very worried about what is happening in Birmingham”.The authenticity of the recording at the Aldridge-Brownhills Conservative Association is not disputed by Jenrick’s team.In the recording, he goes on to say: “That’s not the kind of country I want to live in. I want to live in a country where people are properly integrated. “It’s not about the colour of your skin, or your faith, of course it isn’t. But I want people to be living alongside each other, not parallel lives.”On Monday evening, Jenrick firml …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnShadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has defended remarks he made in March about the Handsworth area of Birmingham, calling it “one of the worst-integrated places” he had ever been to.In a recording reportedly made during a dinner and published by the Guardian, Jenrick said he had not seen “another white face” in the hour and a half he spent in Handsworth filming a video about litter.Labour Party chair Anna Turley criticised Jenrick, saying his comments reduced “people to the colour of their skin”.Handsworth’s Independent MP Ayoub Khan said the remarks were “not only wildly false but also incredibly irresponsible”. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she did not know the context of the recording, but that Jenrick may have been “making an observation” about his visit to the area.”I wasn’t there so I can’t say how many faces he saw, but the point is that there are many people in our country who are not integrating,” she told BBC Breakfast on Tuesday, adding she was “very worried about what is happening in Birmingham”.The authenticity of the recording at the Aldridge-Brownhills Conservative Association is not disputed by Jenrick’s team.In the recording, he goes on to say: “That’s not the kind of country I want to live in. I want to live in a country where people are properly integrated. “It’s not about the colour of your skin, or your faith, of course it isn’t. But I want people to be living alongside each other, not parallel lives.”On Monday evening, Jenrick firml …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
