Lee Anderson was not “intending” to be Islamophobic when he claimed that “Islamists” have “got control of” Sadiq Khan, according to Oliver Dowden. The deputy prime minister also revealed that Anderson would not have been stripped of the Tory whip if he had apologised. Anderson, former Tory deputy chairman was suspended from the Conservative Party yesterday after he failed to say sorry for his comments. Appearing on the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday programme, Dowden said Rishi Sunak had been right to remove the Tory whip after Anderson failed to say sorry. He was asked to apologise, he failed to do so and that’s what flowed from it.”

Source: Huffington Post February 25, 2024 11:58 UTC