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Torode said he had "no recollection" of it and that any racist language is "wholly unacceptable".

He argued that the cabinet were "wholly unqualified people to run our country."

"It is wholly inadequate that this man who is a known flight risk is allowed out on day release," he said.

"For a programme with a wholly misleading title which started from scratch with a six-month contract, it's been quite a ride!" said Lord Bragg in a statement.

"There's no indication that he crossed that line, and he's always been wholly adamant that he understood that line, and would never have crossed it."