Met to investigate Tory MP Bob Stewart over alleged racial abuse

Scotland Yard to look into footage in which Beckenham MP tells activist Sayed Alwadaei go back to Bahrain'

Police will investigate an allegation of racial abuse after the Guardian revealed a confrontation with Tory MP Bob Stewart, who told an activist to go back to Bahrain".

Scotland Yard have said they will investigate the video footage after a complaint from Sayed Alwadaei, the director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Bird), who had an angry exchange with Stewart outside a reception hosted by the Bahraini embassy.