UK: Conservative Party suspends lawmaker over racist remarks DW 02/24/2024
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UK lawmaker Lee Anderson was suspended from the Conservative party after refusing to apologize for describing London mayor Sadiq Khan as being under the 'control' of 'Islamists.' London mayor Sadiq Khan had criticized the silence from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after Anderson's comments.
The Conservative Member of Parliament for Ashfield, Anderson told GB News late Friday night that 'Islamists' had 'got control' of the mayor of London. Khan, the first Muslim to be mayor of London and a member of the opposition Labour Party, described the remarks as 'pouring fuel on the fire of anti-Muslim hatred'. More to come...
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