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Boris Johnson says sorry for 'any offence caused' by burqa article
Source: The Guardian
Boris Johnson says sorry for 'any offence caused' by burqa article
PM apologises over piece describing Muslim women who wear veil as looking like letterboxes and bank robbers
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor
Thu 5 Dec 2019 12.11 GMT
Last modified on Thu 5 Dec 2019 12.34 GMT
Boris Johnson has apologised “for any offence caused” by his article describing Muslim women who wear a face-covering veil as looking like “letterboxes” and “bank robbers”.
The prime minister was confronted over the issue on ITV’s This Morning by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, who said Muslims had been hurt and offended by his remarks.
Johnson replied: “People dig out all sorts of articles … I’ve already said sorry for any offence caused and I say it again.”
The prime minister claimed his words had been taken out of context, and added: “What (the Conservative party) have to do is have an inquiry over xenophobia and prejudice of all kinds.”
The original article written in the Telegraph last year argued the burqa should not be banned even though it was “absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letterboxes”.
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PM apologises over piece describing Muslim women who wear veil as looking like letterboxes and bank robbers
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor
Thu 5 Dec 2019 12.11 GMT
Last modified on Thu 5 Dec 2019 12.34 GMT
Boris Johnson has apologised “for any offence caused” by his article describing Muslim women who wear a face-covering veil as looking like “letterboxes” and “bank robbers”.
The prime minister was confronted over the issue on ITV’s This Morning by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, who said Muslims had been hurt and offended by his remarks.
Johnson replied: “People dig out all sorts of articles … I’ve already said sorry for any offence caused and I say it again.”
The prime minister claimed his words had been taken out of context, and added: “What (the Conservative party) have to do is have an inquiry over xenophobia and prejudice of all kinds.”
The original article written in the Telegraph last year argued the burqa should not be banned even though it was “absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letterboxes”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/05/boris-johnson-says-sorry-for-any-offence-caused-by-burqa-article
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