{"id":74346,"date":"2024-02-24T08:16:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T08:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=74346"},"modified":"2024-02-24T08:16:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T08:16:17","slug":"lee-anderson-has-to-be-called-out-as-a-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/02\/24\/lee-anderson-has-to-be-called-out-as-a-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Anderson has to be called out as a racist"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a long week. It\u2019s also a cold morning, but I will be out, binoculars around my neck, soon.<\/p>\n

However, I could not ignore this in the Guardian<\/a> this morning:<\/p>\n

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Speaking on GB News, [Lee] Anderson said of Khan, the first Muslim mayor of London: \u201cHe\u2019s given our capital city away to his mates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t actually believe that the Islamists have got control of our country, but what I do believe is they\u2019ve got control of Khan, and they\u2019ve got control of London.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I have watched the video.<\/p>\n

This was blatant Islamophobia from Anderson, who is a Tory MP. It was worse from Tim Montgomerie the night before on Sophie Ridge on Sky.<\/p>\n

I worked with Sadiq Khan as a school governor at one time. Anderson\u2019s portrayal could not be further from the person I knew.<\/p>\n

We have reached the point in the UK where the greatest crime is anti-Semitism, which very often seems to be mis-described. Islamophobia is, howver, apparently permitted.<\/p>\n

Those happily promoting this differentiation of treatment - and far too many are - are blatantly racist and must be called out for it.<\/p>\n

I hope Ofcom got a lot of complaints about the Anderson broadcast.<\/p>\n

Now it is time to go and reflect on the mess we\u2019re in and look for waders, ducks, egrets, raptors, finches and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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