[VIDEO] Sikh MP demands an apology from Boris Johnson for derogatory remarks about Muslim Women

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MPs applaud, as Labour's Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi tells Boris Johnson to apologise for "derogatory and racist remarks" comparing Muslim women who wear a hijab to "bank robbers and letterboxes"<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMQs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMQs</a> updates: <a href="https://t.co/utgDYwGajI">https://t.co/utgDYwGajI</a> <a href="https://t.co/CDMQRGJGL8">pic.twitter.com/CDMQRGJGL8</a></p>— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1169218435554918400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Markhor]

Magnificent.

 

[Robert]

Good man.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Good man.

In your view, why has Boris not been taken to task with his racist statements by the media? Also do you think overall Brits are disgusted by his racism or dont really care?

 

[Ronaldo7]

Boris’ great grandfather was a muslim.
He can show some respect at least

 

[Markhor]

Boris’ great grandfather was a muslim.
He can show some respect at least

You earn respect not demand it. Boris's career consists of one self-serving move after another to get to No.10, he has done zilch to earn anyone's respect.

This chap rightly took Boris to task - if time permitted he should've mentioned Boris's disgusting remarks against black Africans.

 

[Boi]

Sad that no Muslim MP has been able to show such a strong stand and send out a message like this. Good on this guy though.

 

[Pakistanian]

This comes a couple days after a Sikh MP in Canada defend Muslims against an Islamophobe.

 

[finalfantasy7]

Well, when Boris stated the statement, no uproar, now when brexit is closing on us- Parliament are trying to do as much as possible to bring anything against him.

 

[sweep_shot]

Well done, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi.

Boris can do better. He is the prime minister.

 

[Robert]

In your view, why has Boris not been taken to task with his racist statements by the media? Also do you think overall Brits are disgusted by his racism or dont really care?

He was taken to task in the liberal media. I don’t read tabloids so wouldn’t know what they said.

Everyone I know well is disgusted by his words. Some won’t be, sadly. He knows just what he is doing, pushing the xenophobe button for personal advancement while hate crimes spike due to his legitimising hate.

 

[KingKhanWC]

He was taken to task in the liberal media. I don’t read tabloids so wouldn’t know what they said.

Everyone I know well is disgusted by his words. Some won’t be, sadly. He knows just what he is doing, pushing the xenophobe button for personal advancement while hate crimes spike due to his legitimising hate.

Corbyn made no antisemitic or racists statements but has been attacked like a blood thristy pack of dogs attacking a kitten, while Boris and his party have hardly been criticised.

I would suggest those who are aware of his racist comments but will continue to vote for him in the next GE are also racists, most closet racists.

 

[Usman]

Corbyn made no antisemitic or racists statements but has been attacked like a blood thristy pack of dogs attacking a kitten, while Boris and his party have hardly been criticised.

I would suggest those who are aware of his racist comments but will continue to vote for him in the next GE are also racists, most closet racists.

I think Corbyn has repeatedly come down on the side of people in his party who spout anti-Semitic rubbish. Further, Corbyn's reluctance to deal with the issue is nothing short of shambolic. To suggest that the criticism of Corbyn is unwarranted is really misguided.

However let's not fall into the trap Boris tried to set in that clip - shifting focus from his own racist remarks onto Corbyn. Let there be no doubt that what Boris said in that article was a hate filled racist comment designed to appeal to the same part of the electorate that put Trump in the White House. It was yet another example of the cold, callous and calculated political manoeuvring which Boris has undertaken to get himself into Downing Street. Every step Boris takes is to secure his own future - Boris cares not about the country or even, after yesterday's expulsions, his party.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Good job.

 

[Robert]

Corbyn made no antisemitic or racists statements but has been attacked like a blood thristy pack of dogs attacking a kitten, while Boris and his party have hardly been criticised.

I would suggest those who are aware of his racist comments but will continue to vote for him in the next GE are also racists, most closet racists.

Well, I think Corbyn deserves criticism for allowing AS to accrete and infect his party. He was far too slow to react and grasp the nettle.

I agree with you on your second point. Though those Islamophobic types are likely to be antisemitism too, as Othering is Othering.

 

[Robert]

I think Corbyn has repeatedly come down on the side of people in his party who spout anti-Semitic rubbish. Further, Corbyn's reluctance to deal with the issue is nothing short of shambolic. To suggest that the criticism of Corbyn is unwarranted is really misguided.

However let's not fall into the trap Boris tried to set in that clip - shifting focus from his own racist remarks onto Corbyn. Let there be no doubt that what Boris said in that article was a hate filled racist comment designed to appeal to the same part of the electorate that put Trump in the White House. It was yet another example of the cold, callous and calculated political manoeuvring which Boris has undertaken to get himself into Downing Street. Every step Boris takes is to secure his own future - Boris cares not about the country or even, after yesterday's expulsions, his party.

This.

 

[PakLFC]

Truth is truth! The Sikh man spoke like an honest man hammering Boris good and well. It was a feeble reply by Boris telling us his ancestors were Muslim. That does not negate what he called Muslim ladies at all, the charge is on him not his dadaji.

 

[Abdul]

No one stands up for Muslims as much as Sikhs do. Muslims in return need to stand up for Sikhs and Khalistan movement. That's the least we can do.