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Alasdair Soussi

RARE PHOTOS: Why is the uk s conservative party facing a firestorm over islamophobia - The Real Truth

Lee Anderson, the former Conservative MP at the centre of a row over Islamophobia in the UK's ruling party, arrives at an event for the 'Popular Conservatism' movement, in London on February 6, 2024 [Toby Melville/Reuters]

The United Kingdom’s prime minister is facing mounting pressure to crack down on Islamophobia in his party after Conservative Member of Parliament Lee Anderson caused outrage by asserting that “Islamists” had “got control” of Labour’s London Mayor, Sadiq Khan.

Rishi Sunak described Anderson’s comments, which the legislator made last Friday on the right-wing TV channel GB News, as “wrong” and subsequently suspended him from the Conservative Party when Anderson refused to apologise.

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