for an explanation of that, a government whip had told her that her muslim ness was raised as an issue during discussions about the reshuffle and that her status as a muslim woman minister was making colleagues uncomfortable. she s also quoted as saying that she dropped the matter after being told that if she persisted in asking about it, she would be ostracized and her career and reputation would be destroyed. now, last night, as you said, the conservative chief whip, mark spencer, came forward and identified himself as the person that was being referred to here. he said the accusations were completely false and defamatory, and denied ever using the words that ms ghani had said he did. he went on to say it was disappointing that at the time, she had declined to refer the matter for a formal investigation by the party. the allegations come amid serious tensions among the ruling conservative party, ahead of a crucial week for borisjohnson. let s speak to harry phibbs he s the local go
with me now is harry phibbs the local government editor of conservative home. what do you make of this in terms of how much input sadik khan has or how much power he has in deciding the next commissioner, because it does reside with priti patel but we have already seen how his input has had the impact of cressida dick going? ultimately its priti patel s decision but of course if any body wants to stay in the job, then having the support of the mayor of london is important. because metropolitan police has got a national as well as looking after the police of london role. ifear that the lesson hasn t been learned and that we have had this awful combination of a lot of bureaucratic woke gestures and when cressida dick
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