Robert Jenrick has had a furious row with Sky News this morning after he was accused of enabling the ‘far-right’ by raising his concerns over integration in communities like Birmingham. Concerns attacked by the Guardian last night…
Presenter Kamali Melbourne accused Jenrick of singling people out for the colour of their skin to which he snapped back, insisting “we want people to be living in mixed communtities, don’t we.” Melbourne eventually went further:
“That kind of language does give support for people on the far-right who don’t want to see brown and black people.”
Jenrick hit back and insisted that journalists were responsible for attacking “fair and reasonable comments to try and shut down a debate that this country needs to have… every time people try and raise their fair and reasonable concerns journalists like you pop up and try to knock those people down.” Punchy…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”