UK Conservatives suspend MP who said ‘Islamists’ control London’s mayor

Lee Anderson's comments have been criticised across the British political spectrum [File: Hannah McKay/Reuters]

The UK’s Conservative Party has suspended one of its lawmakers, Lee Anderson, after he said the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was under the control of “Islamists”.

Khan, the first Muslim to be mayor of London and a member of the opposition Labour Party, is a frequent target of Conservative criticism for his handling of policing in the UK’s capital, including regular pro-Palestinian marches.