Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Conservative Party Deputy Chairman, and MP for Ashfield, Lee Anderson, react as they talk with school children as they visit to Woodland View Primary School in Sutton-in-Ashfield, central England on January 4, 2024. on Friday afternoon, Anderson said the London mayor, who is Muslim, had “given our capital city away to his mates”.
Conservative officials initially tried to defend Anderson, with a party source telling HuffPost UK he “was simply making the point that the mayor ... has abjectly failed to get a grip on the appalling Islamist marches we have seen in London recently”. He said: “Following a call with the chief whip, I understand the difficult position that I have put both he and the prime minister in with regard to my comments.“However, I will continue to support the government’s efforts to call out extremism in all its forms - be that anti-semitism or Islamophobia.”
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