Ed Miliband attacks David Starkey's 'racist' Newsnight claim

Labour leader Ed Miliband has described historian David Starkey's comments on race as "disgusting and outrageous".

Mr Starkey told BBC2's Newsnight "whites have become black" after four days of rioting across England.

Today Mr Miliband said these were "racist comments, frankly, and there is no place for them in our society".

Speaking at Haverstock School, his former school in Chalk Farm, Mr Miliband also said it was "absolutely outrageous that someone in the 21st century could be making that sort of comment". He added: "There should be condemnation from every politician, from every political party of those sorts of comments." Mr Starkey was being interviewed on BBC2's Newsnight on Friday when he made his remarks.