Sadiq Khan, London’s Labour mayor, has accused the Conservatives of trying to “weaponise anti-Muslim prejudice for electoral gain”, as a row over alleged Islamophobia in Rishi Sunak’s party intensified.
The prime minister on Monday urged MPs to stop using words that “inflame” community tensions, denouncing comments last week by former Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson as “wrong”.
Anderson had the Tory whip withdrawn at the weekend after claiming that Islamists had “got control” of London and its mayor. But Sunak repeatedly refused on Monday to condemn Anderson’s comments as “Islamophobic”.
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