"I went to Handsworth in Birmingham the other day to do a video on litter and it was absolutely appalling. It's as close as I've come to a slum in this country. But the other thing I noticed there was that it was one of the worst integrated places I've ever been to. In fact, in the hour and a half I was filming news there I didn't see another white face."
"That's not the kind of country I want to live in. I want to live in a country where people are properly integrated. It's not about the colour of your skin or your faith, of course it isn't. But I want people to be living alongside each other, not parallel lives. That's not the right way we want to live as a country."
Robert Jenrick visited Handsworth, Birmingham, while filming a GB News video about litter and described the area as "absolutely appalling" and close to a slum. He stated he noticed poor integration and that during about an hour and a half of filming he did not see another white face. He said he wants people living alongside each other rather than in parallel lives and insisted his comments were not about skin colour or faith. A spokesperson declined to comment, a source defended his observation, and the local MP Khalid Mahmood criticised the claim and its divisive implications.
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