Cable denies racism
THE Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable yesterday denied suggesting Brexit supporters were racist after attacking “white nostalgia”.
He told his party's spring conference many of those who voted for Brexit were “driven by a nostalgia for a world where passports were blue, faces were white, and the map was coloured imperial pink”.
Tories attacked the comments as “unfair” and called for him to apologise.
Sir Vince denied that he had indicated Brexit voters were racist, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: “I didn’t suggest that at all.”
But he insisted that “nostalgia for that world” was a factor in how people had voted.
“One of the factors was indeed nostalgia,” he said. “Why else has so much fuss been made about the change in the colour of the passport?”