Corbyn stays silent as Javid tells of hard-left racial abuse

SAJID JAVID yesterday challenged Jeremy Corbyn to stamp on racist abuse coming from the hard Left after the new Home Secretary was subjected to racially-charged comments following his appointment.

Left-wing activists called Mr Javid a “coconut” and an “Uncle Tom” after he became the first ethnic minority holder of a Great Office of State following the resignation of Amber Rudd.

Mr Javid addressed the abuse he had faced as he responded to Labour calls for the Government to release all the documents and correspondence it holds relating to the Windrush scandal. Mr Corbyn looked on in the Commons as Mr Javid said that if the Labour leader believed racist abuse was wrong, he should stand up and say so.

Mr Corbyn remained seated but Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, intervened and said “everyone on this side of the House, without exception,” condemned the abuse.

It came as Mr Javid said the number of Windrush cases reported to a specialist Home Office unit had risen to 3,000, up 500 from Monday. Labour’s bid to force disclosure of the Windrush documents was defeated by 95 votes.