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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Amy Walker

‘Utter disgrace’: BBC presenter Clive Myrie tells of family’s Windrush pain

Clive Myrie posing for a photo in a book-lined room
Clive Myrie, whose parents moved to Bolton from Jamaica in the early 1960s, reveals the impact of the government’s ‘hostile environment policy’ in his upcoming memoir. Photograph: ANL/Shutterstock

The BBC presenter Clive Myrie has said he felt “angry and ashamed” of the UK after the Windrush scandal, which affected two of his brothers.

The foreign correspondent and newsreader, whose parents moved to Bolton from Jamaica in the early 1960s, reveals the impact of the government’s “hostile environment policy” in his upcoming memoir.

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