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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Jessica Coates

Reform MP’s advert comments risk normalising ‘flagrant racism’ – Lammy

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy says comments by a Reform MP about the number of ethnic minorities appearing in television adverts “normalised” and marked a return to “flagrant racism”.

Sarah Pochin said she was driven “mad” by seeing “adverts full of black and Asian people”, comments that sparked widespread criticism.

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