Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister – in the Senedd at 2:56 pm on 16 January 2019.
In my opinion, there's no doubt that the Brexit campaign normalised bigotry and emboldened racists, and in the years to come, that awful poster and shameful moments like the UK Minister Penny Mordaunt barefacedly lying to the country on breakfast tv about the UK not having a veto over Turkey's accession will rightly be judged as stains on our politics. So, we have a lot of healing to do. So, whatever happens or doesn't happen in the very near future, do you see any potential, Minister, within the European transition fund, to support action to tackle hate crime, especially if there's a 'no deal' Brexit? Also, there are fears that a 'no deal' Brexit would lead to an escalation, an entrenchment, within our communities, which is already existing since those terrible campaigns run by people who were both racist and bigots.