London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said Rishi Sunak’s “silence” amounts to “tacit endorsement” of Lee Anderson’s widely criticised remarks about “Islamists” despite the MP being stripped of the Conservative Party whip.
The former deputy party chairman lost the Tory whip after refusing to apologise for the remarks and has said he accepts he left the prime minister with “no option” but to take action.
In an appearance on GB News on Friday, Mr Anderson had said: “I don’t actually believe that the Islamists have got control of our country, but what I do believe is they’ve got control of Khan and they’ve got control of London… He’s actually given our capital city away to his mates.”
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