Mayor Sadiq Khan used last night’s British Kebab Awards to restate his anger at anti-Muslim bigotry and other prejudice. It follows a tumultuous few days in which Conservative MP Lee Anderson was suspended for saying “Islamists” have “got control” of the Mayor, who is a Muslim.
“Responsible politicians know that, at a time when emotions are understandably running higher, we should seek to turn down the temperature and unite,” Khan said at the gathering of over a thousand UK kebab businesses. “Responsible politicians should know that racism should be countered and condemned everywhere,” he added, with great emphasis on the word responsible.
