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A UK LABOUR Party shadow minister has stepped down from her position after coming under fire for writing a controversial article.
Sarah Champion wrote an article in The Sun last Friday in which she said:
“Britain has a problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls.”
The article was written following the conviction of 17 men in Newcastle who forced young girls to have sex.
The men were mostly British-born and were from Iraq, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, Iranian and Turkish communities.
In the article, Champion said:
These people are predators and the common denominator is their ethnic heritage.
The article attracted criticism from Champion’s own party, with West Lancashire Labour councillor Paul Cotterill calling it “a sinister piece of propaganda”.
Following the criticism, The Guardian reports that Champion attempted to distance herself from the article, claiming the opening paragraphs had been edited by The Sun and “stripped of nuance”.
However, The Sun hit back, with a spokesperson confirming that the article as it appeared in the paper had been approved by Champion’s team.
The controversy mounted when The Sun’s senior writer Trevor Kavanagh wrote an incendiary article saying that the UK needed to tackle what he called “The Muslim problem”.
Kavanagh praised Champion in his article. She later said she was “horrified” and “ashamed” that he had referenced her piece in his column.
Following Kavanagh’s article, 100 cross-party MPs wrote to The Sun to condemn it.
Champion released a brief statement today announcing her resignation as shadow equalities minister following the controversy.
“I apologise for the offence caused by the extremely poor choice of words in the Sun article on Friday,” she said.
“I am concerned that my continued position in the shadow cabinet would distract from the crucial issues around child protection which I have campaigned on my entire political career.
It is therefore with regret that I tender my resignation as shadow secretary of state for women and equalities.
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accepted Champion’s resignation and said he was looking forward to working with her in the future.
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3 ios apps, 1 for android being a football app, and instagram! Wow its 2010 again!….not a very broad appeal. I’m going to go all out and say this selection is shite! Sorry fella, you tried.
I agree, show us some android! Or at least apps that are crossed on both platforms :)
A few worth while Android apps for ya, first of all
UTorrent: download all the torrents you do on your home computer except straight to your smartphone. FREE
SwiftKey:is also amazing at the start I thought I would never actually use it but it saves so much time now I couldn’t use a phone without it. NOT FREE
Accatracker:for those Android fans who like gambling and doing accumulators this thing is amazing it was already on ios but it’s now on android. FREE
Dropbox:is a must have for students and anyone who likes to work at home and needs files close to them all the time. FREE
And last but not least Zedge: have pretty much any ringtone or wallpaper you like and even if you don’t want a new one u mite just get an idea from the favorites list. FREE
I am shocked and appalled to learn that the author of the article has the…the….the CHEEK to not consider what type of phone Marcoop uses, or even what kind of apps Marcoop specifically wants to see in a list like this.
’5 worth downloading apps’is the title.. They could’ve done 3 apps specific to each platform and 2 that are available across all three platforms..I.e broadness..just a suggestion thats all, wouldn’t get too hung up on it Rory..
Try Pirate Legends on iOS. It’s free, made in Ireland and awesome :) :)
Dead right Marcoop, ill try thinking before typing next time. Sound.
The vast majority of smartphone users in this country have phones running Android. Giving one Android app out of five is odd to say the least.
Would have to agree – far too iPhone based, little of interest here for me.
Aah I’m gone off apps
There an app for that.
Cos you having got a I phone
I came in here all excited and I’m sloping off disheartened.
One review and I don’t even like soccer, bad form!
Anything with in app purchase instant delete. Should be banned €70 for level unlock so some kid gets duped into buying on parents phone should be illegal.
You can turn off in app purchases quite easily though
Yeah you should totally be able to make in game purchases! Just turn off in game purchases or use a PIN number if you don’t want your kids buying stuff. It’s not that hard to control what you buy.
Android users = Bitter people
They can’t go without commenting on the iPhone or ios in a badway, just pettiness at this stage
Aaron
Android users : hoping to get an iPhone for Xmas !!!
Nonsense article.
“All hail the iPhone, King of all smartphones!”
41mega pixel Lumia ….. tempted to delve into windows 8 mobile for something like that
#shit
Owen’s contribution is certainly not over elaborate and some would say succinct.
Whilst he conveys his immediate impressions of the article/content/contributor in his brief analysis, the reader is left hungry for more.
Once again the journal and windows phone, did anyone do any research here?
Android users download ingress.
We are not all apple fanboys
This article is too mainstream for me.
I love Orkland Castle Defence for Android. Level 1 free then purchase the next 6 levels for 0.75c. NO in game purchases. Brilliant game.
Get clumsy ninja…great fun and free :)
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