Labour leadership candidate Clive Lewis claims “racism” was the “undertone of Brexit” vote

The Labour leadership candidate Clive Lewis has claimed there was an “undertone” of racism in the campaign to leave the EU during Brexit referendum. Clive Lewis has said that non-white Brit’s felt a “a sense of dread” following the 2016 vote.

The current shadow Treasury minister is struggling in the current polls in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn. In addition to calling for a referendum on the monarchy, Lewis has slammed Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage for the campaign they ran three years ago.

Mr Lewis is the MP for Norwich South. His father was born in Grenada in the West Indies and has previously suggested racism was a possible reason why few Labour MPs are backing him.

Mr Lewis told Sophy Ridge on the Sunday show on Sky News that “I think part of the Brexit campaign, and part of the undertone of Brexit, from some politicians, Nigel Farage and others, had racism at its core and its heart. They used it as a mechanism to divide our communities, to divide our country. Ultimately our country had chosen to listen to Boris Johnson, someone who has a track record of racist commentary, of giving credence to racism.”

In the explosive interview, Mr Lewis also stated that the reason Labour has not had a woman leader is because of sexism in society. He said  “I would say to answer the question for that (is) because we have something called structural sexism within our society. We have structural sexism and we have structural racism. Do I think if you go to the PLP (parliamentary Labour party) and speak to the members that they are overtly sexist, no I don’t?

Just as I don’t believe they are overtly racist, many will be wondering if there is any section of society that Mr Lewis does like.

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