{"id":367060,"date":"2018-06-28T05:50:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T04:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/lord-sugars-racist-senegal-world-cup-tweet-should-be-investigated-by-the-bbc-labour-mp-says-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-06-28T05:50:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T04:50:53","slug":"lord-sugars-racist-senegal-world-cup-tweet-should-be-investigated-by-the-bbc-labour-mp-says-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/lord-sugars-racist-senegal-world-cup-tweet-should-be-investigated-by-the-bbc-labour-mp-says-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Sugar\u2019s \u2018racist\u2019 Senegal World Cup tweet should be investigated by the BBC, Labour MP says \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Labour MP Dawn Butler has sent a letter to the BBC calling on the broadcaster to investigate Lord Sugar\u2019s \u201cracist\u201d tweet. The Apprentice host recently came under fire for comparing the Senegal World Cup team to beach-sellers.<\/p>\n

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Sugar sparked public outcry last week when he tweeted a picture of the Senegal football team with the caption: \u201cI recognise some of these guys from the beach in Marbella. Multi-tasking resourceful chaps.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Butler, who is Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, called on the BBC to show full commitment to its newly implemented diversity program and assess whether Sugar had broken its code of conduct, specifically the section titled \u201ctreating everyone equally.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople will be rightly appalled that their licence fee is subsidizing someone with such bigoted views,\u201d<\/em> Butler said.<\/p>\n

The BBC welcomed Sugar\u2019s apology over the tweet – which he later deleted – but Butler said the broadcaster\u2019s response had been \u201cinadequate\u201d<\/em> given his first replies on Twitter showed \u201che is not serious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore his statement he was not remorseful in any way, which leads me to believe it was not a true apology at all,\u201d<\/em> Butler argued.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Alan Sugar blasted for \u2018racist\u2019 tweet comparing Senegal World Cup team to street traders<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The MP for Brent Central said she is aware the BBC has previously taken action against its employees where they \u201cstepped out of line\u201d<\/em>, noting how some had also been pulled from programming.<\/p>\n

\u201cLord Sugar cannot be exempt from being held to account or be treated differently because of his high-profile,\u201d<\/em> she wrote.<\/p>\n

Butler has also called on House of Lords commissioner to investigate the issue.<\/p>\n

On an article penned in the Guardian, the MP wrote: \u201cI am writing to the House of Lords commissioner for standards to ask for an immediate investigation. Racism has no place in society or in our parliament, and swift action must be taken to demonstrate that.<\/em><\/p>\n