AWKWARD! Keir Starmer issues GROVELLING apology on Bangladeshi TV after 'offensive' debate blunder

Labour have been dragged into a racism row after Keir Starmer made comments deemed 'offensive' by Bangladeshis, leading to his grovelling apology on one of their broadcasters.

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[muhammadkhan]

No GB News, he's talking about small boats and Rwanda. Bangladeshis don't come on small boats nor do they stay in hotels. They come on student visas and as asylum seekers- both of which are legal. So to randomly mention Bengalis not once but at least twice on two different occasions with Ashworth saying the same stuff, shows that this man is full of crap.

[easypeasy]

Starmer picks on a community that has contributed billions to the economy in the UK..

[MTSobhan]

Rise of the British happened only for Bengal. In 1757 the British occupied Bengal and in 1760 the Industrial Revolution began in London. That Bengal was the richest nation in the world. The GDP of India was 25% of the world total GDP and Bengal was the richest part. Compare this time, Bengal was richer than all of Europe. But the British looted it so much that the richest land in the world turned into the poorest and faced more than 30 great famine which never happened before in Bengal.😢

[ravn]

6.2 billion contributed by the Bangladeshi Community more than some of your cities can do on their own

[jonhunter]

Panicking as the muslim vote.is leaving the labour party

[facehugger]

Since when has the UK had a land border with Bangladesh?

[shafinmahmud]

When British colonizers came to Bengal, it was one of the richest regions in the whole world at that time and they left Bengal as the poorest one. Now they are talking about rules and regulations. Disgusting to say the least.

[alinurmiah]

Yes we are all Bangladeshi people will go back to our country if only the British government returns our wealth which they stole from us since 1765-1938 Gold worth of £40 Trillion Bangladesh wasn’t poor before the invasion of Britain in 1765

[hassymiia]

British-Bangladeshis voted for labour since they arrived here of all ethnic backgrounds Bangladeshis were the most loyalist labour voters. But Labour leader for sure committed a political suicide. This will awaken the blind love for labour they once had. Labour lost this community for life.

Vote for an independent party like the GREEN party.

[suestewart-gf]

Labour never discuss British problems in the UK Parliament.

[davidhatton]

Starmer will be gone within 12 months..

[roathripper]

if you khan't stand Labour and you're fed up with the DONE-servatives, then vote Reform.

[Phenn]

Not a slip of the tongue, as. John Ashworth also mentioned Bangladesh in a similar interview on tv yesterday. Perhaps thats the only country they can both think will take back asylum seekers. Didnt seem to think about Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia etc. i wonder why? Knows the legal community wouldnt allow it?

[Boudi-ca]

This is getting absolutely pathetic. Weak leaders that grovel are going to put Britain in danger.

[Richard-Cashisking]

Starmer makes a rare sensible comment and then apologises for it.

[mashiaanjum]

The problem is he mentioned only bad thing about Bangladesh. Are you really saying that in Britain Bangladeshis don’t contribute at all??? If you see the amount of people of Bangladeshi heritage or immigrants who are working and paying tax is huge. British Bangladeshis are more educated than white brits. And all the international students come here pay nearly double the amount of home tuition fee which is a huge revenue for UK. On top of that these immigrants don’t have access to free NHS despite having to pay tax and NI and and and are not allowed to claim benefit. So you decided to cherrypick the bad one out of many many good things that Bangladeshis bring and do for UK. You are showing true appreciation for this community 👏👏👏

[sysasst]

He is not strong or decisive enough to be our PM. Vote Reform.

[bath]

Vote Reform, because this is the prat you are going to get.🤬

[MB-]

Starmer for ONCE actually speaks the Truth, then apologises for it….spineless toad. VOTE REFORM

[songscoops]

The bloke is more clueless than the others..😂😂