{"id":138539,"date":"2024-02-26T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/cabinet-minister-mark-harper-refuses-to-say-if-lee-andersons-comments-were-racist\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T12:00:13","slug":"cabinet-minister-mark-harper-refuses-to-say-if-lee-andersons-comments-were-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/cabinet-minister-mark-harper-refuses-to-say-if-lee-andersons-comments-were-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet minister Mark Harper refuses to say if Lee Anderson&#8217;s comments were racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/nCOmADnQunU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Cabinet minister Mark Harper refuses to say if Lee Anderson's comments were racist\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nCOmADnQunU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Transport Secretary Mark Harper has refused to say whether he believes comments made by Lee Anderson about Sadiq Khan were racist.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Anderson, MP for Ashfield, said last week that he believed &quot;Islamists&quot; had &quot;got control&quot; of the London mayor &#8211; sparking claims of Islamophobia.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky&#8217;s Kay Burley, Mr Harper said the remarks were &quot;weren&#8217;t true&quot; and were &quot;quite wrong to say&quot;, but he refused to be drawn on whether the MP should have the Tory whip restored.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Anderson has said he fully accepts there was &quot;no option&quot; but to suspend the whip, adding that he &quot;will continue to support the government&#8217;s efforts to call out extremism in all its forms, be that antisemitism or Islamophobia&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Latest politics news: https:\/\/trib.al\/YKanzN3 <\/p>\n<p>#LeeAnderson #Tories #Politics<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transport Secretary Mark Harper has refused to say whether he believes comments made by Lee Anderson about Sadiq Khan were racist. Mr Anderson, MP for Ashfield, said last week that he believed &quot;Islamists&quot; had &quot;got control&quot; of the London mayor &#8211; sparking claims of Islamophobia. Speaking to Sky&#8217;s Kay Burley, Mr Harper said the remarks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":138540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[129045,129067,131297],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-138539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-mark","tag-secretary","tag-transport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cabinet minister Mark Harper refuses to say if Lee Anderson&#039;s comments were racist | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Cabinet minister Mark Harper refuses to say if Lee Anderson&#039;s comments were racist for free, here on News ISC. 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