FLASHBACK: Lammy Claims Indians Fought for “European Project” in WW2
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy is not without his fair share of odd opinions and bizarre claims. Guido reminds co-conspirators of when Lammy declared that “A million Indians died fighting for us, they fought for the European project”. Former MEP Steven Woolfe was quick to point out that this wasn’t true:
“They fought for Britain to get rid of a European dictator, who was murdering and killing people. They didn’t fight for the European Union…That’s a complete perversion of history and what they were fighting for. “
Still, Lammy doubled down on his claim. Given World War Two rows in the past week, the words of Britain’s potential next Foreign Secretary are posted without comment…
