Lee Anderson would have stored Tory whip if he’d stated sorry, says Oliver Dowden
Lee Anderson would have stored the Tory whip if he apologised, Deputy PM Oliver Dowden stated.
The Ashfield MP was suspended after refusing to express regret for suggesting London Mayor Sadiq Khan was managed by Islamic extremists. His remarks have been branded Islamophobic and racist.
But Mr Dowden instructed Laura Kuenssberg: “ I don’t believe that Lee Anderson said those remarks intending to be Islamophobic.” Asked if he would have stored the whip if he stated sorry, Mr Dowden stated: “Yes.”
He additionally defended Suella Braverman, who has additionally been accused of utilizing “dangerous” rhetoric. Mr Dowden instructed Sky’s Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips: “When it comes to the wording used by individual Conservatives, I said I disagreed with the language used by Lee Anderson.
“I do not imagine that the language utilized by Suella Braverman has crossed the road whereby she ought to apologise for it. No, I do not.”
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