Mar. 11, 2024 12:58 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — The former deputy chairman of Britain's Conservative Party, who drew condemnation last month for saying the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists, has defected to the smaller right-wing Reform U.K. Party.
Lee Anderson was suspended as a Conservative lawmaker in...
Feb. 26, 2024 12:32 PM EST
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday that a Conservative lawmaker was wrong to say the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists, and denied his party tolerates anti-Muslim prejudice.
Sunak was pressured to condemn Islamophobia after the comments by Lee...
Feb. 24, 2024 12:20 PM EST
LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s governing Conservative Party has suspended ties with one if its lawmakers after he accused London Mayor Sadiq Khan of being controlled by Islamists, as tensions over the Israel-Hamas war roil British politics.
The party said on Saturday that Lee Anderson...