West Midlands Labour said an ‘ugly truth’ had been exposed
Brexit party supporters shouted “fuck off” and “go home” as a British-Asian MEP gave her acceptance speech after the European elections.
Labour’s Neena Gill said the abuse amounted to “racism” and the party’s West Midlands branch said it exposed an “ugly truth.”
During the declaration of results, Gill said: “European history tells us that every fascist regime needs people to demonise in order to thrive.”
This prompted heckles from the Brexit party crowd like “Is it okay to call us fascists?” and “Are half a million people fascists?”
Angry Brexit Party supporters at Birmingham count telling first British-Asian Sikh woman MEP @NeenaGmep to “go home” exposes an ugly truth. #WMeuro19 @sikhs4labour pic.twitter.com/bus1zuVWz6
— West Midlands Labour (@WMLabour) May 27, 2019
Brexit party MEP Rupert Lowe said: “The people I’m standing alongside represent a broad cross-section of the UK population. I’ve seen no evidence of any sign of fascism.”
Lowe’s party claimed 38 per cent of the vote in the West Midlands, Labour just 17 per cent.
This should disturb any decent, tolerant person in our community and our country. @NeenaGmep has been, and will continue to be, an excellent representative for the W Midlands https://t.co/iUN0l1uv0N
— Matt Western MP 💙 🇬🇧🇨🇦 (@MattWestern_) May 27, 2019
