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David Lammy has insisted that despite experiencing horrendous prejudice while growing up, he does not believe Britain is not a racist country and hit out at those who “would have us believe that we are more divided than we really are”.
Writing exclusively for The Independent to mark Black History Month, the justice secretary described how he was spat at as a young boy for being Black, and said he was “terrified” of the skinheads who “patrolled our neighbourhoods, spreading their hate”.
But he insisted his experiences of efforts to combat
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