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‘It’s 2021 not 1821’: Rees-Mogg accused of racism over Commons comments

The Commons Leader was forced to apologise for using what a Labour MP called "an extremely offensive racist term".

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2021-07-22 15:12
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Jacob Rees-Mogg has been forced to apologise after being accused of using an “extremely offensive racist term” in the House of Commons.

The Commons Leader used the phrase “Yellow Peril” in response to a question from an MP. The term is considered a racist and derogatory metaphor for a perceived threat from East Asian people to the West.

Rees-Mogg said he did not know that what he had said that was racist and added his use of the term was “out of ignorance”.

In the last 30 mins Jacob Rees Mogg has just used the racist term “yellow peril” in Parliament.

Also that working from home is easier than working in an office. He should ask any parent juggling childcare & work without a nanny if that’s true.

It is 2021 not 1821! ???‍♀️

— Sarah Owen MP (@SarahOwen_) July 22, 2021

Tory MP Damien Moore (Southport) had said people in his constituency felt “under attack from the vindictive policies of Labour-controlled Sefton Council” for trying to “impose a cycle network”.

In reply, Rees-Mogg said: “I hear gossip that (Moore) is actually working in collaboration, and whisper it quietly, with the Liberal Democrats in his area against these schemes, which I think shows how completely lunatic they must be to have created an alliance between him and the Yellow Peril.”

‘Corrosive’

Shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire called on him to apologise.

Raising a point of order, the Labour MP said: “Unfortunately, and I hope that the Leader is doing this unintentionally, the Leader made use of an extremely offensive racist term, I find it really difficult to understand but I am sure it may be possible that he was not aware that it was, in relation to the Liberal Democrats.

“It would be really helpful if the Leader could reconsider his words. He has spoken powerfully and correctly over the last few months about the scourge of racism and his commitment to ending it.”

She added: “This use of casual racist phrases, however unintentional, does have an impact. It has a corrosive impact on the fight against racism which I know he shares as an aim.”

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Rees-Mogg replied: “If I have used a term that is offensive I apologise profoundly. I had absolutely no intention of using a term that was offensive.

“I don’t actually know what term I used that was offensive, so if out of ignorance I have, I apologise.”

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