Super-compilation of Tory MPs refusing to call Lee Anderson racist | James O'Brien reacts

February 28, 2024.

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Conservative ministers have been tying themselves in knots this week as they try and wriggle out of a well rehearsed question:

Are Lee Anderson's recent comments Islamophobic?

The MP was suspended from the party for accusing Sadiq Khan of being under the control of 'Islamists.' James O'Brien reacts to a series of uncomfortable interviews from across the week.

00:19 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t1fNrNxYkyM&t=19s) Oliver Dowden | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | BBC
01:08 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t1fNrNxYkyM&t=68s) Mark Harper | Good Morning Britain | ITV
02:09 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t1fNrNxYkyM&t=129s) Rishi Sunak | Channel 4 News | C4
02:35 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t1fNrNxYkyM&t=155s) Michael Tomlinson | Nick Ferrari at Breakfast | LBC
03:45 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t1fNrNxYkyM&t=225s) Chris Philp | Breakfast with Kay Burley | Sky News
03:56 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t1fNrNxYkyM&t=236s) James O'Brien surveys the chaos

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