‘Muslims are fair game when it comes to racism’: Sadiq Khan slams PM for failing to condemn Lee Anderson comments

Sadiq Khan has accused the former Tory deputy chairman of “pouring fuel on the fire of anti-Muslim hatred” after he said “Islamists” had “got control” of the London mayor.

Mr Khan said the comments by Lee Anderson were Islamophobic and anti-Muslim – and that the message it sends is that Muslims are “fair game” when it comes to racism.

He also said Rishi Sunak and the cabinet were complicit in failing to condemn the controversial remarks.

Speaking on GB News this week, Mr Anderson, an MP for Ashfield, said the Mayor of London had given the capital “away” to his “mates”.

He went on to say that he believes “Islamists” have “control” of Mr Khan and London.

The Labour Party has written to the prime minister calling for the whip to be removed from Mr Anderson, which would mean he would sit as an independent MP rather than a Conservative.

Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said Mr Anderson had engaged in “outright racism and Islamophobia”, while ex-Tory MP Gavin Barwell said Mr Anderson was spreading “hate and division”.

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