STATEMENT: Traditional Britain Group on race row

Jacob Rees-Mogg MP (centre) at the dinner held by the Traditional Britain Group in May Credit: Facebook

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tory MP for North East Somerset today admitted that he had made "a boo-boo" in addressing a far right gorup as their after dinner speaker. The Traditional Britain Group has a Facebook page which includes the suggestion that, quote, "black people should be asked to return to their natural homelands".

Here's the full statement issued by the Traditional Britain Group in response to the row