After Laurence Fox's outrageous comments on Question Time, he has since declared that he thinks it is 'institutionally racist’ and 'forced diversity' to include Sikh soldiers in a First World War Film.
Our colleagues at TellMama responded immediately with the following 'history lesson':
History lesson for Laurence Fox:
— Tell MAMA UK (@TellMamaUK) January 21, 2020
Every sixth British soldier serving in WW1 was from the Indian subcontinent, Sikhs made up more than 20% of the volunteer army (close to 1.5m served).
74,187 Indian soldiers died and a comparable number were wounded.
Photos: UKPHA Archive. pic.twitter.com/NtCRd6mpQs
Here is our video response:
