A failure by Boris Johnson to allow an independent investigation into claims of Islamophobia in the Tory party would “stink of a cover-up”, Anas Sarwar has said.
The Scottish Labour leader, a Muslim MSP who led a Holyrood inquiry into Islamophobia in Scotland, said hate and prejudice were “rampant” in all parts of society.
He spoke as Johnson caved in to pressure from cabinet colleagues to launch a government inquiry into claims by Tory MP Nusrat Ghani that she was sacked as a minister because of colleagues’ concerns about her “Muslimness”.
