Ethnic minority Tories say Zac Goldsmith's dog-whistle campaign damaged party

"When demagogues use offensive caricatures to inflame passions, they are demonising people" - Ian Haney Lopez View this email in your browser Zac Goldsmith's divisive mayoral campaign received plenty of criticism earlier this year. Now, a leading black Tory MP has spoken out about how badly it has damaged the party. Our lead item today reports that former minister Helen Grant has told a fringe event at the Conservative party conference that Goldsmith's campaign was "unfortunate" and "embarrassing". The party's MEP group leader Syed Kamall agreed, describing it as "awful" and said that it had failed to communicate to the ethnic minority voters Goldsmith needed to win over. Latest Articles     Ethnic minority Tories say Zac Goldsmith's dog-whistle campaign badly damaged party   On Oct 04, 2016 11:09 am Former minister says Goldsmith set the party back with black and ethnic minority voters Read more... »   Opinion Formers press releases     New analysis shows low cost of integrating solar into power system Cost of solar 'back-up' negligible today Read more... »   October is MRSA Awareness Month MRSA activists in the USA and UK, are calling for world unity from governments, the healthcare industry and community for a greater response to MRSA Read more... »   Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © 2016 Senate Media Ltd, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at www.politics.co.uk Our mailing address is: Senate Media Ltd 18 Vine Hill London, EC1R 5DZ United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences