Politician and university try to ‘outsnivel’ each other…
The Prime Minister claimed it was “disgraceful” that only one black student was admitted to the university last academic year.
But Oxford immediately hit back, accusing Mr Cameron, who got a first-class degree at the university, of getting his facts wrong and being “highly misleading”.
University officials said in a statement the correct figures for 2009/2010 were:
:: 27 black British undergraduates
:: 14 mixed race undergraduates with black descent
:: 41 in total, including one black student of Caribbean descent
But the backlash from Oxford University was met with defiance from sources at Number 10.
They rejected suggestions the PM was guilty of a race slur gaffe and told Sky News that 27 black undergraduates was still a very poor record.