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Eugene

(61,593 posts)
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 10:53 AM Feb 2020

No 10 refuses to comment on PM's views of racial IQ

Source: The Guardian

No 10 refuses to comment on PM's views of racial IQ

Move comes after hiring of new adviser who said black people have lower average IQs

Rowena Mason Deputy political editor
Mon 17 Feb 2020 12.40 GMT
Last modified on Mon 17 Feb 2020 13.22 GMT

Boris Johnson’s spokesman has refused to say whether the prime minister thinks black people have lower IQs on average, or agrees with eugenics, after No 10 hired an adviser with highly controversial views.

In a tense briefing with the media, the prime minister’s deputy official spokesman declined several times to distance Johnson from the views of his adviser, Andrew Sabisky, who has suggested “enforced contraception” be used to prevent the creation of a “permanent underclass”.

Labour has called on No 10 to sack Sabisky, who is believed to be contracted by Downing Street under Johnson’s de facto chief of staff, Dominic Cummings, to work on special projects.

Johnson’s official spokesman refused to comment on Sabisky, his controversial views, or whether the prime minister agreed with them.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/17/no-10-refuses-to-comment-on-pms-views-of-racial-iq
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No 10 refuses to comment on PM's views of racial IQ (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2020 OP
Hmmm. This sounds familiar. Bringing in the stooges. Firestorm49 Feb 2020 #1
i'm shocked. barbtries Feb 2020 #2

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
2. i'm shocked.
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:47 AM
Feb 2020

seriously. not that they're racists but that now they are coming with age-old bullshit propaganda and refusing to condemn it.

we're devolving. it's very distressing.

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