Labour MP Apologises After 'Deeply Offensive' Burns Supper Speech

Labour MP Hugh Gaffney has said sorry for “deeply offensive” remarks he made during a Burns Supper speech.The Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill MP made a ‘joke’ about Robert Burns not being “bent”, according to the Herald, and used a racist term in reference to a Chinese meal. The MP has been reprimanded by the party and will attend equality and diversity training but Labour faced calls to suspend Gaffney. In a statement apologising for his comments