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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn, Eleni Courea and Pippa Crerar

Lee Anderson stands by attack on Sadiq Khan and launches fresh broadside

Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson said his remarks had been ‘born out of sheer frustration’ at what was happening in London. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Lee Anderson has stood by the comments that lost him the Tory whip and launched a fresh attack on Sadiq Khan, as a body for Muslim Conservative members said it was seeking an urgent meeting with government figures.

The MP admitted that his words last week had been clumsy, but said in a statement via GB News, where he presents a weekly show, that they were “born out of sheer frustration at what is happening to our beautiful capital city”.

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