‘I have never seen anything like it’: MP warns of rise in extreme views on race and identity

Zubir Ahmed, a vascular surgeon, says the controversial definition is ‘the right diagnosis for the illness’. Photograph: House of Commons

Zubir Ahmed, a health minister, tries not to read the comments under his social media feeds, but sometimes curiosity gets the better of him.

After performing a transplant on Christmas Day, the vascular surgeon scanned a post about the operation.