Labour MP Sarah Champion has resigned after writing in The Sun that "Britain has a problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls". Champion has now apologised for her "extremely poor choice of words" and resigned from her role as shadow equalities minister. Which of the following comes closest to your view?

Labour MP Sarah Champion has resigned after writing in The Sun that "Britain has a problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls". Champion has now apologised for her "extremely poor choice of words" and resigned from her role as shadow equalities minister. Which of the following comes closest to your view? Published on 17 August 2017 → Survey conducted on 17 August 2017 on 4923 GB adults

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She raised awareness of the issue in the right way and should have stuck to her guns

39%

She was right to try and raise awareness of the issue, but the way she went about it was counterproductive

31%

She has misrepresented the issue in the first place and has wrongly demonised a section of British society

13%

Don't know

17%

She raised awareness of the issue in the right way and should have stuck to her guns

39%

She was right to try and raise awareness of the issue, but the way she went about it was counterproductive

31%

She has misrepresented the issue in the first place and has wrongly demonised a section of British society

13%

Don't know

17%

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