Writer and Broadcaster Esther Krakue says Rishi Sunak had “no choice” but to suspend the whip from Lee Anderson following his comments towards Sadiq Khan.
Mr Anderson, the Conservative MP for Ashfield and former deputy party chair, was suspended after he refused to apologise for claiming “Islamists” had got “control” over London and that Mr Khan had given the UK “capital city away to his mates”.
Lee Anderson remarks on Sadiq Khan left Rishi Sunak ‘no choice ‘ but to suspend him
Ms Krakue called the comments made by Mr Anderson “clumsy”.
“They were ill thought out and they had no basis or truth in reality, he really had no evidence that Sadiq Khan was in the pocket of Islamists”.
“And unfortunately because they have no effective political instincts they make these clumsy statements and they leave Rishi Sunak no choice but to distance himself and the party from them.”
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