Deputy Prime Minister Rejects Claim Anderson Is Islamophobic Following His Suspension

Published on February 26, 2024

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has rejected the claim that MP Lee Anderson is Islamophobic after his party suspended the MP over his “Islamist” remarks. Mr. Dowden said Mr. Anderson would have kept his Conservative whip if he had apologised, and that the row shouldn’t distract from “the underlying issue” of anti-Semitic violence and intimidation. Mr. Dowden also rejected the claim that comments made by former Home Secretary Suella Braverman earlier this week were “racist,” saying he doesn’t believe Ms. Braverman needs to apologise for her remarks. It comes after the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) demanded the Conservative Party investigate what it characterised as “institutional” Islamophobia within the party, and after Labour called for former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s whip to be suspended over her recent comments....

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