The BBC presenter, who won last year’s Strictly Come Dancing, posted images on social media from her trip to Uganda InstagramStacey Dooley, the BBC presenter, has hit back at the Labour MP David Lammy for criticising her charity work in Africa, asking whether he objected only because she was white. Mr Lammy accused Dooley of perpetuating “tired and unhelpful stereotypes” after she travelled to the continent for an upcoming Comic Relief documentary. He said that western celebrities doing charity work in the developing world encouraged a “white saviour” complex. Dooley, 31, a documentary-maker who won Strictly Come Dancing last year, shared pictures on her social media from Uganda. Mr Lammy, 46, who has been the MP for Tottenham since 2010, said on Twitter that the reporter and…

Source: The Times February 28, 2019 12:00 UTC