Sadiq Khan said minorities were being “debased” after Rishi Sunak said “forces” were trying to “promote divisive, hateful and ideological agendas”.
by Andy Hayes, news reporter
Saturday 2nd March 2024 21:38, UK
The Mayor of London said there was a “concerted attempt” to “humiliate a minority for political gain”.
Sadiq Khan also cited the “level of debate in public life” and claimed the Prime Minister had failed to properly condemn Conservative MP Lee Anderson’s comments about him.
Former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party Just over a week ago, Islamists claimed to have “seized” Mr Khan. And in London, he expressed concern about “racist abuse” during a pro-Palestinian march. He has since lost the Conservative Party whip.
Mr Khan was speaking 24 hours after Rishi Sunak’s speech in Downing Street, where he said “domestic forces” were “trying to exploit” the human suffering caused by the Israel-Hamas war. “Advancing a divisive and hateful ideological agenda.”.
After the performance, Sunak stood at the podium outside No. 10. George Galloway’s victory in the Rochdale by-election This week, the prime minister said the incoming British Labor MP “denies the horror of what happened on October 7” when Hamas killed around 1,200 people and took many more hostages in southern Israel.
Mr Khan told delegates from London’s Labor Party: “After a week of racist, anti-Muslim and Islamophobic comments by senior Conservative Party members, Rishi Sunak has been removed from the party’s leadership. “I made a complete mistake while standing there.” 10 It is important to say a few words about the level of public discussion to condemn someone, or anyone around him, for who they are.
“What we are witnessing is a growing concerted attempt by some to degrade and humiliate minorities for political and electoral gain.”
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Some protests against the war in Gaza have included the “from the river to the sea” chant, which many Jews consider anti-Semitic, and calls for Israel to be erased from maps. ing.
“Our streets are being taken over by a small group that is hostile to our values and has no respect for our democratic traditions,” the Prime Minister said on Friday night.
“Now more than ever, we need to represent our best values, not our worst fears, as the poison of anti-Semitism and the poison of Islamophobia continues to infect our politics,” Khan said. Stated.
He also said diversity was London’s “greatest strength”.
London Labor MP Dawn Butler told Sky News that the Conservative Party was “fomenting a culture war”.
She also claimed that the Prime Minister’s speech in Downing Street was an “abuse of power” and that such matters should be taken up in Parliament.
Additionally, she said he “didn’t make any meaningful announcements” and claimed he had a “blind spot” regarding Islamophobia.
Meanwhile, the anti-Semitic movement welcomed the prime minister’s words, but said: “Decisive action is awaited.”
He added: “That action must happen quickly. Extremists are not just hijacking protests, they are organizing them.”
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Rishi Sunak said on Friday: “Threats of violence and intimidation are alien to our way of working.” “They always have to resist.”
He condemned Lee Anderson’s attack on Sadiq Khan: unacceptable and “wrong”.
Lee Anderson refused to apologize for his comments, but said they were “clumsy”.