LONDON — Rishi Sunak wants to move on from a bitter row over his party’s handling of anti-Muslim prejudice.
Exasperated LBC broadcaster Nick Ferrari pulled the plug on an interview with a government minister Tuesday morning as he tried to get a straight answer on the furore surrounding MP Lee Anderson.
Anderson — once deputy chair of the Tory Party — kicked off days of controversy for Sunak this weekend after claiming “Islamists” have “got control” of London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan.
The MP was swiftly suspended by Sunak — but Conservative ministers have had a much harder time directly condemning their former colleague on the airwaves.
Michael Tomlinson, a junior minister for immigration, became the latest government rep forced onto the defensive Tuesday, as he was repeatedly pressed on Lee’s comments during Ferrari’s LBC show.
Closing out the conversation, Ferrari said: “Michael Tomlinson is a minister of state for illegal migration unable to answer a question.” On to the next one.
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LONDON — Rishi Sunak wants to move on from a bitter row over his party’s handling of anti-Muslim prejudice.
Exasperated LBC broadcaster Nick Ferrari pulled the plug on an interview with a government minister Tuesday morning as he tried to get a straight answer on the furore surrounding MP Lee Anderson.
Anderson — once deputy chair of the Tory Party — kicked off days of controversy for Sunak this weekend after claiming “Islamists” have “got control” of London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan.
The MP was swiftly suspended by Sunak — but Conservative ministers have had a much harder time directly condemning their former colleague on the airwaves.
Michael Tomlinson, a junior minister for immigration, became the latest government rep forced onto the defensive Tuesday, as he was repeatedly pressed on Lee’s comments during Ferrari’s LBC show.
Closing out the conversation, Ferrari said: “Michael Tomlinson is a minister of state for illegal migration unable to answer a question.” On to the next one.
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