Tory minister Amber Rudd was forced to make a grovelling apology to Diane Abbott today after sparking a racism row by calling the black shadow home secretary a ‘coloured woman’.
The Work and Pensions Secretary made the gaffe about the shadow home secretary while appearing a radio show to discuss abuse faced by female MPs, ahead of International Women’s Day.
She told Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2: 'It definitely is worse if you are a woman and it is worst of all if you are a coloured woman.
‘I know that Diane Abbott gets a huge amount of abuse and I think that is something we need to continue to call out.’
Ms Rudd apologised as the clip went viral on social media, saying: 'Mortified at my clumsy language and sorry to @HackneyAbbott.
'My point stands: that no one should suffer abuse because of their race or gender.'
Ms Abbott responded on Twitter, saying: ‘The term "coloured", is an outdated, offensive and revealing choice of words.’
Ms Rudd went on the radio to discuss abuse facing female MPs ahead of International Women's Day, which takes place tomorrow
The Tory minister said abuse was 'worst of all if you are a coloured woma' adding: ‘I know that Diane Abbott gets a huge amount of abuse and I think that is something we need to continue to call out'
Ms Abbott was quick to pick up on Ms Rudd's choice of words on the radio, taking to Twitter to call it out
And fellow Labour MPs were quick to attack the Tory's slip, suggesting she used outdated language that belonged int he past
Ms Rudd quickly issued her own apology for the gaff
And Danielle Rowley, a fellow Labour MP, added: ‘Amber Rudd undermining an important point about online abuse by referring to Diane Abbott as a “coloured woman” on BBC Radio 2.
‘She clearly gets her language from the same bygone era as her abhorrent welfare policies.’
It is the latest racism row to srike the Conservative Party. In 2017 Anne Marie Morris, the MP for Newton Abbot in Devon, apologised for using the phrase a 'real n***** in the woodpile' at a meeting about Brexit. She was suspended from the Tory party but later had the whip restored.
Ms Rudd was forced to quit as Home Secretary over the Windrush scandal in April 2018.
Scottish Tory Kirstene Hair showed that she was attacked online over the colour of her hair
Last year she was accused of being out of touch after claiming that EU citizens applying to stay in the UK after Brexit would have access to a system 'as easy to use as setting up an online account at LK Bennett', a label beloved of Kate Middleton where shoes and dresses cost hundreds of pounds.
Her BBC interview came after she joined other Conservatives women MPs this morning in using a 'mean tweets' video to call out the sexist abuse they receive on social media in a revealing video.
The Work and Pensions Secretary revealed she had been blasted as ‘less attractive than Medusa’s fugly sister’ in a clip released ahead of International Women’s Day.
Other revelations include Immigration Minister Caroline Noakes revealing she was called a ‘self-centered, arrogant bitch’, in a video designed to highlight the contribution women have made in Parliament
And Scottish Tory Kirstene Hair was branded a ‘silly wee lassie’ who ‘fits into the blonde stereotype’.
Ms Rudd made a second video for the Joe website in which she read further sickening examples of the sexist abuse she faces
The minister, tipped as a runner to replace Theresa Mmay when she quits as Prime Minister, was also on the receiving end of thoughtless abuse included wishes that she die
Immigration Minister Caroline Noakes revealed that a Twitter user called her a b*tch but she laterhighlighted the work she had done.
The concept of famous people reading out 'mean tweets' they receive originated in the US on Jimmy Kimmel's chat show.
It has featured high profile figures including former president Barack Obama, Harry Potter star Emma Watson and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Ms Rudd used the video to defend her action on Universal Credit since taking up her job in November, saying: 'Well, Medusa’s fugly sister, in the past few months, has ensured that we have reset Universal Credit, got more money coming into our welfare system and made sure that it really works for women.
In a poignant message, Ms Rudd she went on to add: 'We need to improve gender balance in parliament. We need to get more women coming in.
'But unfortunately many women are put off by the abuse they get in social media.
'We need to call it out, we need to stop it so we can encourage more women to have the courage, come forward and get involved in politics.'
In a separate video for the website Joe Ms Rudd read out a further selection of the ‘nasty’ tweets she is sent on a daily basis.
They include ones calling her a ‘b*stard’ and a ‘totally heartless sh*tsack’, and one which ends 'I hope she dies'.
After reading one which said she was ‘the most useless, thoughtless, hopeless woman’ who was only back in the Cabinet ‘because you look good’, she joked: ‘I like that one - absolutely accurate, obviously.’
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