comments were islamophobic. our political correspondent georgia roberts explained the situation the conservatives were facing following mr anderson s comments. the conservative party continuing to face pressure over those comments lee anderson made, that both opponents and senior figures within the party described as islamophobic. speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, the deputy prime minister oliver dowden refused to say he thought the comments were islamophobic made by lee anderson or that they intended to be. let s listen. well, that s why the prime minister took action. he gave lee anderson the opportunity to apologise, he didn t take that opportunity. words matter. he didn t choose his words correctly and, having failed to apologise, the prime minister took action and removed the whip. i think that was the appropriate course of action to take. do you agree, though, that the remarks were | islamophobic, anti muslim? i don t believe that lee anderson said those remark
from the party on saturday after he refused to apologise for saying that islamists had got control of mayor of london sadiq khan. our political correspondent georgia roberts explained the situation the conservatives are currently facing following mr anderson s comments. the conservative party continuing to face pressure over those comments lee anderson made, that both opponents and senior figures within the party described as islamophobic. speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, the deputy prime minister oliver dowden refused to say he thought the comments were islamophobic made by lee anderson or that they intended to be. let s listen. well, that s why the prime minister took action. he gave lee anderson the opportunity to apologise, he didn t take that opportunity. words matter. he didn t choose his words correctly and, having failed to apologise, the prime minister took action and removed the whip. i think that was the appropriate course of action to take. do you ag
whole, it is a quieter story. write with some sunny spells around. the only exception is done in the far southwest and i will give you all the details on that and more coming up the details on that and more coming up shortly. good morning to you. it s sunday february 24. our main story: the former conservative deputy chairman, lee anderson, has admitted the prime minister had no option but to take action over comments he made about the mayor of london. mr anderson has been suspended from the party, but has not apologised for his claims about sadiq khan. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. this man isn tjust the mp for ashfield in the east midlands, he has a second job as a gb news presenter, and that s where he made his controversial comments. i don t actually believe that these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they ve got control of khan and they ve got control of london. the remarks could raise tensions in london. the
following mr anderson s comments. the conservative party continuing to face pressure over those comments lee anderson made, that both opponents and senior figures within the party described as islamophobic. speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, the deputy prime minister oliver dowden refused to say he thought the comments were islamophobic made by lee anderson or that they intended to be. let s listen. well, that s why the prime minister took action. he gave lee anderson the opportunity to apologise, he didn t take that opportunity. words matter. he didn t choose his words correctly and, having failed to apologise, the prime minister took action and removed the whip. i think that was the appropriate course of action to take. do you agree, though, that the remarks were | islamophobic, anti muslim? i don t believe that lee anderson said those remarks intending to be islamophobic. oliver dowden also said lee anderson would have kept hisjob if he had followed party orders to
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