We need to talk about Dawn Butler. Following the election of the first ever black leader of a major party in this country, Ms Butler took to X not to congratulate but to sneer. Not to cheer this

Yvette Cooper has condemned a social media post shared by Labour MP Dawn Butler describing Kemi Badenoch as “white supremacy in black face”. The home secretary described it as “clearly appalling” amid calls for the backbencher to be stripped of the Labour whip.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stressed people should be welcoming Ms Badenoch breaking a glass ceiling to become Tory leader

Labour MP’s ‘white supremacy’ retweet about Badenoch ‘appalling’ – Cooper - Sir Keir Starmer has faced calls to remove the whip from Dawn Butler after she appeared to repost a tweet about the new Tory leader.