A Conservative MP has been suspended after using a racist expression while speaking about Brexit at a public meeting.

Anne Marie Morris, who has been MP for Newton Abbot since 2010, was discussing the prospect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal when she used the racial slur.

After stating that just 7% of financial services in the UK would be affected by Brexit, The Huffington Post reports that Morris said, “Now I’m sure there will be many people who’ll challenge that, but my response and my request is look at the detail, it isn’t all doom and gloom.

“Now we get to the real n****r in the woodpile which is in two years what happens if there is no deal?”

Conservative MP Anne Marie Morris suspended for making racist comment