On Saturday, Dawn Butler posted another comment on X, formerly Twitter, which also referred to the election of the new Tory leader as a “victory for racism”.
The post shared by Ms. Butler was written by Nels Abbey, a Nigerian journalist, and offered “tips for surviving the immediate wave of badenochism (i.e. white supremacy in blackface).”
Ms Butler has since deleted the post, but Kwasi Kwartengwho was Britain’s first black chancellor, led calls for her suspension.
Labor sources noted that the post was quickly deleted by Ms Butler and pointed out that Sir Keir said Ms Badenoch becoming the first black leader of a Westminster party was “a proud moment for our country”.
Ms Badenoch, a staunch opponent of identity politics, said her election as Tory leader showed that “it doesn’t matter who you are” in Britain.
“I think it will be best if we get to the point where the color of your skin is no more remarkable than the color of your eyes or the color of your hair,” she told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show.
“We live in a multi-racial country, and that’s great, but we have to work very hard to ensure that there isn’t a divisive situation where people see themselves as part of groups rather than all being British.
“So when I hear people say ‘isn’t this remarkable, we have a black female leader of the Conservative Party’, I’m happy because it shows that my country and my party are actually places where it doesn’t matter who you are. you are, what you look like – it’s all about what’s on offer.”