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The Guardian - UK
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Starmer accuses Sunak of harbouring ‘extremists’ in Islamophobia row

Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson, the former Tory party deputy chairman, claimed London mayor Sadiq Khan was under the control of Islamists. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Keir Starmer has accused Rishi Sunak of harbouring “extremists in his party” after a prominent MP was suspended for inflammatory comments about the London mayor, and other senior Conservatives faced condemnation over “toxic” rhetoric.

The Labour leader spoke out on Saturday night after the suspension of Lee Anderson, the party’s former deputy chairman, who had claimed London mayor Sadiq Khan was under the control of “Islamists”.

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