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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
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Joseph Locker

MYSTERIOUS: Chief whip mark spencer s constituents speak out amid islamophobia allegation - What They Never Told You

Sherwood MP Mark Spencer's constituents have spoken out after the Government's chief whip was accused of allegedly using Islamophobic language against a fellow MP.

Nusrat Ghani, a former transport minister for the Conservative Party, alleged a Government whip told her “Muslimness” had been raised as an issue at a Downing Street meeting during a reshuffle of the cabinet in 2020.

Mr Spencer acknowledged he was the subject of the allegation in a tweet on January 22 but denied they were true.

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