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WickedsDesire -> MP Anne Marie Morris suspended for racist remark (7/10/2017 10:22:13 AM)
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A Conservative MP has been suspended after it emerged she used a racist expression during a public discussion about Brexit.
Anne Marie Morris, the MP for Newton Abbott, used the phrase at an event in London to describe the prospect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
She told the BBC: "The comment was totally unintentional. I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused."
The Conservative Party later confirmed she had had the whip withdrawn.
Announcing the suspension, Theresa May said she was "shocked" by the "completely unacceptable" language.
"I immediately asked the Chief Whip to suspend the party whip," she said in a statement. "Language like this has absolutely no place in politics or in today's society."
The BBC understands the prime minister and the Conservative Chief Whip, Gavin Williamson, were expected to meet to discuss the matter once Mrs May finished her Commons statement on last weekend's G20 summit earlier on Monday.
A Conservative spokesman said: "We are aware of these reports. This kind of language is completely unacceptable, and we are urgently investigating."
According to a recording published on the Huffington Post website, Ms Morris was discussing the impact of Brexit on the UK's financial services industry at an event organised by the Politeia think tank, which was attended by other Conservative MPs.
Suggesting that just 7% of financial services would be affected by Brexit, she reportedly said: "Now I am sure there will be many people who will challenge that but my response and my request is look at the detail - it isn't all doom and gloom."
She went on: "Now we get to the real nigger in the woodpile, which is in two years what happens if there is no deal."
That was how BREXIT was fought if you ever wondered - or tones and undertones to that extent. It fuking disgusted me.
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