Labour MP Diane Abbott reacts to Oliver Letwin’s apology for advice he gave to then then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher following the 1985 inner-city riots, in which he warned assistance for unemployed black youths would benefit the ‘disco and drug trade’ and Rastafarian crafts. Abbott says the views of David Cameron’s chief policy adviser “may still be reflected nowadays in some Tory attitudes” Read: Oliver Letwin’s memo on race is not ancient history. Its current Tory policy – Joseph HarkerContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com