British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party on Saturday suspended MP Lee Anderson, who refused to apologize after saying Labor London Mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by Islamists, AFP and Reuters reported.

The statement of this deputy, former president of the party and known for statements that caused controversy, was made on Friday evening at the station with a conservative editorial board GB News, writes Agerpres. He claimed that Islamists had “taken control” of Sadiq Khan, the British capital’s first Muslim mayor, who has held the post since 2016. Sadiq Khan “gave our capital to his henchmen,” the conservative MP also said.

His comments, made amid controversy over allegations of pressure on MPs over a Commons vote to call for a Gaza ceasefire, were condemned across the British political spectrum, including Labor leader Anneliese Dodds. , he categorized them as “unequivocally racist and Islamophobic” manifestations.

MP Lee Anderson refused to apologise, so Prime Minister Rishi Sunak decided to suspend him from the party and he will now serve in the legislature as an independent MP.