Tory anger after tweet claims PM said ‘people of colour’ instead of ‘people of talent’Latest
election news – live updatesChannel 4 News has apologised after a subtitling error wrongly claimed
Boris Johnson had discussed whether “people of colour” should be allowed into the
UK, prompting the Conservatives to accuse staff at the channel of being campaigners rather than journalists.
In a clip of the prime minister uploaded to Channel 4’s social media accounts, Johnson was captioned as saying: “I’m in favour of having people of colour come to this country but I think we should have it democratically controlled and have it done that way.”