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Like Robert Jenrick I spent time in Handsworth this week. Unlike the shadow justice secretary, my visit lasted longer than 90 minutes and I walked around with my eyes open.

My trip, of course, was prompted by Jenrick's leaked comments in which the branded the area "absolutely appalling" and "as close as I've come to a slum in this country".

He went on: "The other thing I noticed was it was one of the worst-integrated places I’ve ever been to. In fact, in the hour-and-a-half I was filming news there I didn’t see another white face."

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Jenrick, one must assume, must have at least been aware of the well-established racial make-up of Handsworth before he visited. After all, he

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