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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Tory MP Mark Francois who used ‘racial slur’ made shadow defence minister by Kemi Badenoch

A Tory MP who used a ‘racial slur’ against the Japanese – and then claimed he was complementing their defence industry – has been appointed a shadow defence minister.

The Japanese government officially complained about the comments, made in the House of Commons by ex-armed forces minister Mark Francois.

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