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Senior Tory adviser Oliver Letwin has apologised "unreservedly" for a briefing given to Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s which claimed that white people were less prone to rioting than black people.
The private memo, in the wake of unrest across the capital in 1985, also suggested that a scheme to encourage black entrepreneurs would only result in them investing "discos and drugs".
While his comments have been branded "appalling" and "disgusting" by some, others have sought to defend the man who has been at the heart of government for three decades.