Yvette Cooper has described a tweet linking Kemi Badenoch with ‘white supremacy in Blackface’ as appalling, after a Labour MP appeared to share it. Dawn Butler is understood to have quickly removed her retweet of the post from Nigerian-British author Nels Abbey,

We need to talk about Dawn Butler. Following the election of the first ever black leader of a major party in this country, Ms Butler took to X not to congratulate but to sneer. Not to cheer this

Sir Keir Starmer has slapped down a Labour MP who shared a post that accused Kemi Badenoch of representing “white supremacy in blackface”.The Prime Minister insisted Dawn Butler “shouldn’t have said what she did” as he faced demands to strip her of the whip over the “abhorrent” remarks.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said she 'strongly disagrees' with a tweet that Labour MP Dawn Butler appeared to repost saying Kemi Badenoch represents 'white supremacy in blackface'

British-Nigerian author Nels Abbey said his original comments had been "clearly satirical" and "intended as a sketch". But some Tory politicians want Sir Keir Starmer to take action against Labour's Dawn Butler.

Yvette Cooper has condemned a social media post shared by Labour MP Dawn Butler describing Kemi Badenoch as “white supremacy in black face”. The home secretary described it as “clearly appalling” amid calls for the backbencher to be stripped of the Labour whip.

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to remove the party whip from a Labour MP who shared a social media post accusing Kemi Badenoch of representing ‘white supremacy in blackface’. Dawn Butler, the Brent East MP,