Reform MP’s remarks about TV adverts were ‘racist’, says Wes Streeting

Health secretary hardens Labour line after Sarah Pochin said advertising ‘doesn’t reflect your average white family’Wes Streeting has accused the Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin of making “racist” remarks after she said seeing adverts full of black and Asian people “drives her mad”.The health secretary said Pochin was “only sorry she’s been caught and called out”, adding she had “said the quiet bit loud” as he warned of a return to “1970s, 1980s-style racism”. Continue reading...

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