Tory MP Lee Anderson’s ‘f*** off back to France’ comment shows government trying to distract from failings, says Labour’s Yvette Cooper
Sky News says Labour has accused the government of ramping up divisive rhetoric to distract from failures on immigration after it backed Lee Anderson’s “f*** off back to France” comment.
Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, told Sky News the remarks were “clearly wrong” and that instead of promoting division, ministers “should be getting on with sorting the problems out”.
Tory deputy chairman Mr Anderson made the comment about asylum seekers after it emerged about 20 of them were granted a last-minute reprieve from boarding the Bibby Stockholm accommodation vessel on Monday.
His use of the F-word has been backed by Downing Street and several senior Tories, who said he was expressing the frustration of the British public.
