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The leader of the Liberal Democrats has found herself at the heart of some Twitter controversy surrounding her using the term “white men” when speaking about the Prime Minister, Jeremy Corbyn and other including Brown, Spencer, Milne and Cummings.

Writing to her over 150,000 followers Ms Swinson claimed the six men are: “Six white men stuck in the past, conspiring to wreck our future. #StopBrexit”.

Six white men stuck in the past, conspiring to wreck our future.#StopBrexit https://t.co/la9spWosab — Jo Swinson (@joswinson) October 23, 2019

Responding to the Tweet members of the public flocked to the comments section to give their opinions, a user named Tommy replied saying: “Please explain why the colour of their skin is relevant, Jo? Would you have said ‘six black men’ had they been black? If so, why? If not, why the different rules for white men? I’m genuinely curious as to how your racism works.”

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Andrew Doyle said: “So the Liberal Democrats have abandoned democracy and liberalism and instead embraced outright racism.

“It’s a bold move, I’ll give them that.”

Celador Moff responded by saying: “I’m pretty sure if I made a derogatory tweet about 6 black women conspiring to wreck our future it would be considered sexist and racist.”

Johnny Dollar was no fan of Swinson’s comments, he slammed her position saying: “Six “white” men!! Jo have you lost your mind or been talking to Mr Lammy again? It’s not #BollocksToBrexit it’s #BollocksToJo.”

“What a reprehensible tweet from @LibDems.

“Wouldn’t ever dream is saying the same thing about any other skin colour or race! Utter desperation.”

Janny Girl responded to the Lib Dems leader by saying: “By simple circumstance of what happened in a Fallopian tube, you are white and, by 50-50 chance, female.

“You’re firmly stuck in a past where your self-worth comes from labelling others, expecting them to behave according to your assigned labels, and demeaning those who won’t.”

Ms Swinson’s Tweet was retweeted 1,400 times and hearted 5,300 times, it has sparked some huge backlash along with some supporters of the Tweet.

Dan Hunt who said he will be voting for Swinson also told the MP to watch her language, he said: “Steady, I’m white, and a man, and will be voting for you. It might be acceptable in some quarters to demonize old white men, but you should be better than that.”

A user by the name of PMTC who also supports Swinson wrote: “Hi Jo, Whilst I firmly support your opinion on Brexit and indeed your party in general, I don’t think the fact that they are male and white is the problem here. Nor should it ever be. Racism works both ways and this tweet would never start with ‘six black men..’