The deputy prime minister has declined to say whether or not it was Islamophobic for Lee Anderson to say London Mayor Sadiq Khan is managed by “Islamists”.
Requested in regards to the feedback on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Dowden mentioned it was proper that Mr Anderson was requested by the Conservative Get together to apologise, and will have remained a Tory MP had he finished so.
Mr Anderson was suspended as a Conservative MP on Saturday after refusing to apologise for his remarks, made on GB Information: “I do not truly imagine that the Islamists have gotten management of our nation, however what I do imagine is they have management of Khan and so they’ve acquired management of London… He is truly given our capital metropolis away to his mates.”