Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Tory MP Nadine Dorries confuses BBC pundit with 'other brown woman' Labour candidate
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been criticised for “mixing up people of colour” after she appeared to confuse two different British-Asian women.
The Tory politician tweeted a dismissive comment about Novara Media editor Ash Sarkar, alongside a video clip of the left-wing commentator discussing Venezuela on BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show.
But Ms Dorries referred to her as the "prospective candidate for Chingford", when the Labour Party’s prospective candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green is actually Faiza Shaheen.
The error was widely mocked, including by senior Tory Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who tweeted: “No @AyoCaesar and @faizashaheen are two different people Nadine. Honestly not all brown women look the same.”
Oh dear. Nadine Dorries (Mad Nad) is a British MP and had actually met both of these women. As you can see they do not look similar in any way. More proof of the endemic racism in conservative politics.
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been criticised for “mixing up people of colour” after she appeared to confuse two different British-Asian women.
The Tory politician tweeted a dismissive comment about Novara Media editor Ash Sarkar, alongside a video clip of the left-wing commentator discussing Venezuela on BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show.
But Ms Dorries referred to her as the "prospective candidate for Chingford", when the Labour Party’s prospective candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green is actually Faiza Shaheen.
The error was widely mocked, including by senior Tory Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who tweeted: “No @AyoCaesar and @faizashaheen are two different people Nadine. Honestly not all brown women look the same.”
Oh dear. Nadine Dorries (Mad Nad) is a British MP and had actually met both of these women. As you can see they do not look similar in any way. More proof of the endemic racism in conservative politics.