LONDON (AP) — Britain's ruling Conservative Occasion has suspended ties with one among its lawmakers after accusing London Mayor Sadiq Khan of being managed by Islamists, as tensions over the Israel-Hamas struggle is ruining British politics.
The social gathering stated on Saturday that Lee Anderson had been suspended after he refused to apologize for remarks made about Khan in a tv interview on Friday. The transfer means Anderson, a Conservative deputy chief till final month, will sit in Parliament as an impartial.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and different senior Conservative leaders have come beneath growing strain to reject the feedback, which the chief of the opposition Labor Occasion known as “unequivocally racist and Islamophobic”.
The controversy comes because the Israel-Hamas struggle fuels stress in British society. Professional-Palestinian marches in London have often drawn lots of of 1000’s of protesters calling for an instantaneous ceasefire, at the same time as critics describe the occasions as “anti-Semitic hate marches”. Figures launched final week present that anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim incidents have risen sharply since Hamas' assault on Israel on October 7.
This anger is shared in Parliament, the place some MPs say they concern for his or her security after receiving threats about their positions on the battle in Gaza.
In his interview with GB Information, Anderson criticized the police response to the pro-Palestinian demonstrations in London, inserting the blame on Khan.
Anderson stated he doesn't “truly consider the Islamists have management of our nation, however what I do consider is that they’ve management of Khan and so they have management of London.”
Khan categorically rejected the allegations, telling the BBC that each one types of hatred should be rejected, together with anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and misogyny.
“My concern is that there might be individuals everywhere in the nation, people who find themselves Muslim, or who look Muslim, who might be actually nervous about going into politics as a result of they know if these sorts of feedback are being made towards me by a senior conservative, what likelihood have they got? he stated.
