DUP MP under pressure to apologise for Songs of Praise BLM remarks
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5DX85)
Gregory Campbell said edition of TV show featuring only black people was the BBC at its BLM worst'
A Democratic Unionist party MP has sparked condemnation after describing an edition of Songs of Praise that featured only black people as the BBC at its BLM worst".
Politicians in Northern Ireland and anti-racism campaigners urged Gregory Campbell to apologise and called on the DUP to sanction him. Sinn Fein said it had reported his comments to the House of Commons standards commissioner.
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