Has the Tory party been taken over by 'right-wing nationalists'?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 26 February 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Former Deputy Tory Chair Lee Anderson was suspended from the Conservative party this weekend after accusing the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan of 'giving the capital city away to his (Islamist) mates.'
In Sadiq Khan's first extended interview, he tells the News Agents that Anderson 'practices the politics of hate' and the Tory party has shown a tacit approval for it. We also chat Rochdale and whether the SNP should get a second chance from the Speaker to hold their Meaningful Vote on a ceasefire.
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Clips:
Lee Anderson with Chris Hope on GB News on Friday
Rishi Sunak on BBC Radio York this morning
Mark Harper on Nick Ferrari on LBC this morning
Sky News doorstep of Mr. Anderson this afternoon
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.6 | I heard the comments here. I heard the comments the earlier you was making about Suella, some of the comments she made earlier this week. |
| 0:18.3 | And I don't actually believe that these Islamists have got |
| 0:20.9 | control of our country. But what I do believe is they've got control of Korn and they've got |
| 0:26.0 | control of London. And again, this stems with Korn. He's actually giving our capital city away to his |
| 0:33.1 | mates. Beware. Because if you let Labour into the back door, expect more of this and expect our cities to be taken over by these lunatics. |
| 0:40.8 | The unmistakable voice of Lee Anderson and the Khan he's talking about is Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London. |
| 0:48.1 | Lee Anderson has now been suspended from the Conservative Party for not apologising for what he said, |
| 0:53.6 | even though apparently it wasn't Islamophobic or racist. |
| 0:57.9 | Today on the newsagents, we've got the first extended interview with the Mayor of London, |
| 1:03.0 | Sadiq Khan. |
| 1:04.1 | What does he make of Lee Anderson? |
| 1:06.6 | Those comments, the leadership shown by the very top of the Conservative Party, |
| 1:11.9 | and has he got the policing of London wrong? |
| 1:15.8 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:20.7 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:22.7 | It's John. |
| 1:23.6 | It's Emily. |
| 1:24.3 | And I'm not going to be in the least bit gleeful about the fact that Lewis isn't here |
| 1:27.0 | because he's on holiday in Mexico. Have a nice time, Lewis, always on holiday. |
| 1:31.7 | I think we're going to hear a lot of tequila jokes and maybe some sombrero jokes as the week goes on. |
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