Kingdom FM Former Conservative chair Baroness Warsi says a report into Tory Islamophobia shows the party is institutionally racist - despite the findings saying otherwise.
Baroness Warsi told Sky News political editor Beth Rigby in an exclusive interview: I think the findings of this report show clearly that the Conservative Party is institutionally racist, that s based upon the definition of what is institutional racism. The way I see it - if it looks like institutional racism, feels like institutional racism, fits the definition of institutional racism - then, I m afraid it is institutional racism.
Baroness Warsi, who campaigned for six years against Islamophobia in her party, said
Boris Johnson’s comments about women wearing the burka have given an impression that the Tories are “insensitive to Muslim communities”, an independent review into alleged Islamophobia and discrimination in the Conservative Party has said.
The inquiry found anti-Muslim sentiment was seen at local association and individual levels but claims of “institutional racism” were not borne out by evidence of the way complaints were handled.
In a pointed message to Mr Johnson, the review led by Professor Swaran Singh said the leadership of the Conservative Party “ought to set a good example for appropriate behaviours and language”.
The Prime Minister was cleared by a majority on an independent panel over a complaint he broke the party’s code of conduct following a Daily Telegraph column in 2018 which described Muslim women who wear the burqa as looking like “letterboxes” and “bank robbers”.
Boris s comments about burkas make Tories seem anti-Muslim, says report
The inquiry found anti-Muslim sentiment was seen at local association and individual levels but claims of “institutional racism” were not borne out
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Boris Johnson’s comments about women wearing the burka have given an impression that the Tories are “insensitive to Muslim communities”, an independent review into alleged Islamophobia and discrimination in the Conservative Party has said.
Boris Johnson remarks on burqa showed Tories insensitive to muslim communties BORIS Johnson’s comments about women wearing the burqa gave the impression Tories are “insensitive to Muslim communities”, an independent investigation has said. The review led by Professor Swaran Singh said the leadership of the Conservative Party “ought to set a good example for appropriate behaviours and language”. The Prime Minister was cleared by a majority on an independent panel over a complaint he broke the party’s code of conduct following a Daily Telegraph column in 2018 which described Muslim women who wear the burqa as looking like “letterboxes” and “bank robbers”.