Apparently even Cornish people can be so wrong that it it hurts...

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MP calls for 'Darkie Day' to stop
 
Britain's first black woman MP has reopened the long running row over Cornwall's controversial "Darkie Day".

Diane Abbott wants ministers to stop the annual festival in Padstow which dates back more than 100 years.

She has tabled a Commons motion calling on the government to discourage it from ever happening again.

Locals have always insisted the event was never intended to be racist, but it is now known as "Mummers Day" rather than "Darkie Day" after complaints.

Organisers have also amended some songs and costumes to try to avoid offence during the festival which runs between Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Some still black their faces and that is said to be part of folk minstrel tradition.

But local MP Dan Rogerson hit back.

"It is not something local people have objected to," he said.

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Cornwall is, of course, world famous for it's ethnic diversity, so those 'local people' who didn't object were clearly representative of all ethnic groups, including white Cornish people, white Cornish people and other white Cornish people.  And old people.  White ones.