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Ms Dorries faced a similar controversy over race in 2013, when she suggested Labour MP Chuka Umunna looked like boxer Chris Eubank.
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries confuses BBC contributor with 'other brown woman' Labour candidate
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been criticised for “mixing up people of colour” after she appeared to confuse two different British-Asian women.
The Tory politician tweeted a dismissive comment about Novara Media editor Ash Sarkar, alongside a video clip of the left-wing commentator discussing Venezuela on BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show.
But Ms Dorries referred to her as the "prospective candidate for Chingford", when the Labour Party’s prospective candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green is actually Faiza Shaheen.
The error was widely mocked, including by senior Tory Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who tweeted: “No @AyoCaesar and @faizashaheen are two different people Nadine. Honestly not all brown women look the same.”
Ms Sarkar told The Independent she and Ms Dorries had actually met in person in recent months, when the pair both appeared on a TV show.
The Tory MP was forced to deny racism again last year when she said the Uganda-born British journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown – who had criticised the royal wedding – should appreciate the country she has “chosen to live, work and benefit from”.
In September, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire deleted a tweet containing a link to a 10-year-old story about Muslims claiming benefits for multiple wives.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/politics/conservative-mp-nadine-dorries-confuses-bbc-contributor-with-other-brown-woman-labour-candidate/ar-BBTaqrM?ocid=spartandhp#image=3
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries confuses BBC contributor with 'other brown woman' Labour candidate
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been criticised for “mixing up people of colour” after she appeared to confuse two different British-Asian women.
The Tory politician tweeted a dismissive comment about Novara Media editor Ash Sarkar, alongside a video clip of the left-wing commentator discussing Venezuela on BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show.
But Ms Dorries referred to her as the "prospective candidate for Chingford", when the Labour Party’s prospective candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green is actually Faiza Shaheen.
The error was widely mocked, including by senior Tory Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who tweeted: “No @AyoCaesar and @faizashaheen are two different people Nadine. Honestly not all brown women look the same.”
Ms Sarkar told The Independent she and Ms Dorries had actually met in person in recent months, when the pair both appeared on a TV show.
The Tory MP was forced to deny racism again last year when she said the Uganda-born British journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown – who had criticised the royal wedding – should appreciate the country she has “chosen to live, work and benefit from”.
In September, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire deleted a tweet containing a link to a 10-year-old story about Muslims claiming benefits for multiple wives.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/politics/conservative-mp-nadine-dorries-confuses-bbc-contributor-with-other-brown-woman-labour-candidate/ar-BBTaqrM?ocid=spartandhp#image=3
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