The Conservative party suspended Lee Anderson for refusing to issue an apology for his “racist, Islamophobic” remarks in which he asserted that “Islamists” were in charge of London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Toronto Raptors
The decision was taken in response to the former Tory deputy chairman’s “refusal to apologise” for the comments made on Friday, according to a representative for the party’s chief whip, Simon Hart.
Following the remarks made by the MP for Ashfield, pressure had been building on Rishi Sunak to act. Mr Khan claimed that the PM and his Cabinet’s “deafening silence” amounted to their endorsement of racism.
Last night on GB News, the former deputy Tory chairman claimed that Khan, the first Muslim mayor of London, is under the influence of Islamists and that he has ‘given our capital city away to his mates’.
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“I don’t actually believe that these Islamists have control of our country,” Mr. Anderson stated last night. “But, I do believe that they have control over Khan, London, and Starmer.”
Once more, Khan is to blame for this; he was truly granted our capital city.
“Be careful, because if you allow Labour to enter through the back door, you should expect more of this and the takeover of our cities by these lunatics.”
Mr. Khan said in an interview with Sky News that the senior Conservative MP’s remarks “pour fuel on the fire of anti-Muslim hatred.”
“We’ve seen confirmation over the last two days that there had been an increase in anti-Muslim cases by more than 330% over the last few months,” he continued.
“I worry that the cabinet and Rishi Sunak are supporting this racism with their deafening silence.”
‘I am afraid it confirms to many people across the country that there’s a hierarchy when it comes to racism. ‘I think it’s really important to call out antisemitism, it’s really important to call out misogyny, it’s really important to call out homophobia, but surely it must also be important to call out anti-Muslim hatred. ‘My concern is there will be people across the country – people who are Muslim
or look like Muslims – who will be really concerned about entering into politics because they know that if these are the comments being made about me by a senior Conservative, what chance do they have?’ He said he was not sure why members of the cabinet were not ‘calling this out’ and condemning Anderson’s words.
