Racism 'Infecting' U.K. Politics, Jo Swinson Says
December 13, 2019
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as posted by the channelThe former leader of Britain's centrist Liberal Democrats on Friday hit out at alleged racism which she said was "infecting British politics."
Jo Swinson was speaking in London after stepping down following the loss of her constituency seat in the country's General Election.
Her party suffered disappointing results, winning only about a dozen of the 650 seats in Parliament.
In her speech Swinson referenced alleged anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.
Its leader Jeremy Corbyn, who announced Friday he would be standing down in the new year, came under repeated criticism for failing to tackle the problem.
"It took Labour months to expel a member who wrote about gassing Jews, months," she said.
The former Lib Dem leader also mentioned claims of racism by Brexit Party members, who during campaigning, had been secretly filmed using racist language.
She also accused the Conservatives, who won a steep majority in the election, of failing to tackle Islamophobia in their party.
"If we want to be that open minded, warm hearted society, we need to stand up, join together and fight for it," Swinson said.
The Liberal Democrats say lawmakers Ed Davey and Sal Brinton, a Liberal Democrat in the House of Lords, would become joint chiefs of the party until a leadership contest is held next year.
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