Comments like Lee Anderson's 'despairingly racist', says civil rights leader
Tuesday, 27 February 2024 Civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton has labelled comments such as those by MP Lee Anderson made about Sadiq Khan as "despairingly racist".
Rishi Sunak has stopped short of directly saying that the comments made by Lee Anderson were Islamophobic, instead insisting that they were "wrong and unacceptable." Lee Anderson lost the Conservative whip over the weekend after failing to apologise for claiming “Islamists” had “got control”...
Foreign Secretary David Lammy says he “welcomes the election of Donald Trump” after his Labour colleague and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan warned of a “resurgent fascism” ahead of Trump’s second inauguration as President of the United States. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Cabinet minister Darren Jones says he has “every confidence” that Lord Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US will be approved by Donald Trump's team. There were reports in a number of newspapers on Sunday that the Trump administration could be considering not granting approval to Lord Mandelson's new position. The chief secretary to the Treasury also distances the government from comments made by Sir Sadiq Khan where the Mayor of London warned over 'resurgent fascism' ahead of Trump’s inauguration. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan says he is happy to finally be working with a government that is working with him for London, including long term funding deals for TfL and support for HS2 into Euston.
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People in the capital give their reaction to the news that Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been knighted in the New Year Honours. Sir Sadiq has been honoured for political and public service, having held the role of mayor since 2016. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has said that the failure of Rishi Sunak and his cabinet ministers to condemn Lee Anderson's remarks make them "complicit in this sort of racism." He said that Mr..
The transport secretary, Mark Harper, has reiterated that Lee Anderson’s comment on Sadiq Khan was “wrong, and wasn’t true.” Mr Harper declined to say whether Mr Anderson’s remarks were..
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
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