David Lammy’s tweet exposing racist hate mail

Labour MP for Tottenham

What was posted

David Lammy posted a photograph of racist material he had received. He was publicly documenting abuse directed at him while speaking out about the Windrush scandal.

Original post on X David Lammy on X

Why it mattered

The post is part of the record of abuse Lammy made public at the time. The archive links to the original and reporting without reproducing the racist imagery.

Sources

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