David Lammy explains Stacey Dooley 'white saviour' comments

David Lammy has responded to criticism of his description of Stacey Dooley over her work on a film in Uganda for Red Nose Day. The Labour MP claimed the world did not need "any more white saviours" after the Strictly Come Dancing star was pictured holding an African child. Mr Lammy said that the term "white saviour" comes from Victorian times, "when the white man or woman turned up in Africa, picked a young child from poverty, and did very little about the surrounding issues". The Member for Tottenham said Comic Relief needed to be "in greater partnership with the continent of Africa", suggesting they film live from Africa on the night and use African filmmakers. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn