The MP for Huntingdon has opened up about his experience of racist abuse since his election in July.  

Ben Obese-Jecty revealed that police are investigating multiple racist slurs sent to him via social media over the last few weeks. 

It comes after he challenged Prime Minister Keir Starmer over a post shared on X by Labour MP Dawn Butler about Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. 

The tweet was posted by British-Nigerian author Nels Abbey and reffered to Ms Badenoch as "white supremacy in blackface". 

Mr Obese-Jecty claimed the post, which Mr Abbey has since clarified as satirical, advocated the use of deeply offence racial slurs that he himself had been subjected to. 

He told The Hunts Post: "Sadly, racist abuse is something I expected to receive when I was elected as MP mostly because I've been an election candidate for a long time. 

"The vast majority of abuse I receive is from other black people who often criticise me for being a conservative. By being a conservative you are assessed to be by some a race traitor.

"We should be in a position where you can express a political view and not be attacked for it because of the colour of your skin."

He added: "Sadly, we're as far away from that. In fact, I'd say we're further away from that than we ever have been before."

Mr Obese-Jecty said that while the abuse he receives is often "unpredictable", he has taken robust action including reporting incidents to the police. 

He claimed the recent election of Ms Badenoch as leader of the Conservative Party has "unleashed a wave of fury", and was recently subjected to "incredibly offensive" racial slurs by an "anonymous" Labour staffer. 

The former British Army captain said that while he did not feel threatened by the abuse, he did worry for his family and members of staff, and expressed concern around the safety of MPs. 

He said: "From my perspective safety and accessibility are both serious considerations, especially in terms of where I would locate my office.

"While security review your office space to make sure it is safe, there is only so much that they can do and there are concerns I have for my staff being targeted.

"There are plaques on the wall in the House of Commons chamber for all the MPs who've been murdered in the line of duty. There is a permanent, sobering reminder that that this is a job that is not without risk."

He added: "Thankfully, most of the robust support comes from the House of Commons itself with the Parliamentary Liaison and Investigations Team which supports MPs that receive any sort of criminal threats. 

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