I genuinely don't understand why it is so hard to for ministers to say, "Yes it was racist and he has no place in the party". What kind of hold do these people have?
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Honestly the simplest answer is the solution here:
They are racists, elected by other racists. They genuinely see no problem with what he's said.
Its not even that they're all racists (though I assume some are) its that they know their base has been radicalised and the MPs need to leave at least plausibility in their minds that they believe the same nonsense as them. A recent poll showed that 60% of tory party members belived many cities across Europe had areas implementing Sharia law that were no-go zones for white people. 60%
This is the best summary I could come up with:
LONDON — Rishi Sunak wants to move on from a bitter row over his party’s handling of anti-Muslim prejudice.
Exasperated LBC broadcaster Nick Ferrari pulled the plug on an interview with a government minister Tuesday morning as he tried to get a straight answer on the furore surrounding MP Lee Anderson.
Anderson — once deputy chair of the Tory Party — kicked off days of controversy for Sunak this weekend after claiming “Islamists” have “got control” of London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan.
The MP was swiftly suspended by Sunak — but Conservative ministers have had a much harder time directly condemning their former colleague on the airwaves.
Michael Tomlinson, a junior minister for immigration, became the latest government rep forced onto the defensive Tuesday, as he was repeatedly pressed on Lee’s comments during Ferrari’s LBC show.
Closing out the conversation, Ferrari said: “Michael Tomlinson is a minister of state for illegal migration unable to answer a question.” On to the next one.
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