Amber Rudd apologised to Diane Abbott after she described her as a “coloured woman” during a BBC interview. The Work and Pensions Secretary was criticised by Ms Abbott online after her “revealing choice of words”. Ms Rudd made the comment while speaking on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show while discussing online abuse suffered by women.
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She said: “It definitely is worse if you are a woman.
“And it is worst of all if you are are a coloured woman.
“I know Diane Abbott gets a huge amount of abuse and I think that is something we need to continue to call out.
“But, there was a report done by Lord Bew into the amount of trolling there is et cetera.
Amber Rudd apologised after referring to Diane Abbott as 'coloured' during
