Lee Anderson ‘wrong’ to say Islamists control Sadiq Khan, says minister
by Peter Walker Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6JWX1)
Mark Harper condemns remarks by Tory vice-chair but declines to say if they were motivated by prejudice against London mayor
Lee Anderson was wrong" to say Sadiq Khan was controlled by Islamists, the transport secretary, has said, while repeatedly refusing to say whether the comments about the London mayor were racist.
Pressed on the former Conservative vice-chair's description of Khan, including the claim he had given our capital city away to his mates", Mark Harper declined to say if it was motivated by prejudice against the mayor, who is Muslim.
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