Why do the Conservatives have a problem with Muslims praying in public?
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Nick Timothy is the Conservative shadow justice secretary. This week, he took issue with Muslims gathering in Trafalgar Square to celebrate the last week of Ramadan and the breaking of the Iftar fast with prayer. He called the gathering an "act of dominance" in a Christian country - right beside a church. Does Kemi Badenoch agree with him? Tommy Robinson certainly does...
Later - why has Ofcom got no teeth when it comes to GB News? A major investigation by The New World puts the question to the media regulator. And gets little response. Sir Ed Davey raised it with the Prime Minister today. Has GB News simply become 'Reform TV'? We speak to Alan Rusbridger.
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| 0:11.5 | Her position is that the shadow justice secretary is defending British values when it says Muslims |
| 0:19.2 | praying together in Trafalgar Square are not welcome. |
| 0:23.5 | Mr. Speaker, even Tommy Robinson, I can hardly believe I'm saying this, has said today that |
| 0:28.4 | if the shadow Justice Secretary have made these hateful comments two years ago, the Conservative |
| 0:33.3 | party would have kicked him out. Now, Tommy Robinson isn't some sort of moral signpost. |
| 0:39.6 | He was pointing out how much their party has changed. They're more inclined to his views and he's |
| 0:45.0 | right about that. The fact that he's stitting on her front bench shows she's too weak and has got |
| 0:50.2 | absolutely no judgment. That is Kirstama talking about the shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, |
| 0:58.0 | who commenting about a group of Muslims getting together in Trafalgar Square to mark the Iftar |
| 1:03.6 | when Muslims break the fast during Ramadan said mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. |
| 1:13.6 | A row has now broken out between the two main parties. |
| 1:17.6 | Is Kemi Badoadnock prepared to disavow the words of her own Justice Secretary? |
| 1:23.6 | Or does she agree with him? |
| 1:25.6 | Welcome to the news agents. |
| 1:33.3 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:34.2 | It's John. |
| 1:35.1 | It's Emily. |
| 1:35.6 | It's Lewis. |
| 1:42.1 | And the event that took place in Trafalgar Square was a collective breaking of the fast, |
| 1:45.6 | as Ramadan drew to a close in London. It's the final week. |
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