Dawn Butler apparently reported to police for celebrating ‘melanin’ in Labour government

MP says she ‘won’t be silenced’ after posting on social media to celebrate ethnic diversity of her Westminster cohort

Dawn Butler has said she “won’t be silenced” over celebrating ethnic minority representation after she appeared to have been reported to the police online for praising the Labour government “showing off the melanin”.

After Monday’s meeting of the parliamentary Labour party, attended by all 411 MPs, Butler posted the phrase​ with three photographs on X, one of which featured her with eight colleagues: Kim Johnson, Zarah Sultana, Apsana Begum, Florence Esholomi, Juliet Campbell, Miatta Fahnbulleh and Taiwo Owatemi.

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