Lee Anderson’s newspaper explanation ‘closest we will get to apology’, says Mordaunt
Shadow Commons Leader Lucy Powell had called on her opposite number to agree that Mr Anderson had used racist and Islamophobic language.
Shadow Commons Leader Lucy Powell had called on her opposite number to agree that Mr Anderson had used racist and Islamophobic language.
A complaint was made after he accused London mayor Sadiq Khan of being controlled by Islamists.
"If you sleep with a dog, you tend to get fleas".
Woe is Lee? The party in charge of Ashfield Council won't welcome Lee Anderson to their ranks, and slammed the MP for his ‘gutter politics'.
The former Tory deputy chairman admitted on Monday his original remarks were ‘clumsy’, but said saying sorry ‘would be a sign of weakness’.
The ex-deputy Tory chair launched a fresh attack on the London Mayor after unleashing an Islamophobia row with earlier comments.
The former deputy chairman lost the Conservative whip after failing to apologise for claiming ‘Islamists’ had ‘got control’ of Sadiq Khan.
Where does Lee Anderson's political future lie? After he had the whip suspended on Saturday, some feel a defection is on the cards.
"I'm pretty sure that coal 100 million years ago was trees and plants," Anderson said.
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