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leftie multicultural crap
During Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the London Olympics, Conservative MP Aidan Burley criticised its portrayal of multicultural Britain in a series of tweets.
Why it mattered
The remarks drew criticism from his own party as well as from other viewers. David Cameron subsequently described the comments as idiotic. The dispute was about the picture of Britain the ceremony presented to a global audience.
Sources
- Olympics opening ceremony was ‘multicultural crap’, Tory MP tweets
- David Cameron: Tory MP’s attack on Olympic opening ceremony was idiotic