Boris Johnson should be kicked out of the Conservative Party for his remarks about the burka, a Muslim peer says.
Conservative Muslim Forum founder Lord Sheikh told Newsnight demands from the PM for an apology were not enough.
He has called for Mr Johnson to have the whip removed - meaning the MP would no longer represent the Tory party.
Mr Johnson said Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes" and compared them to "bank robbers". A source said he stood by the comments.
Conservative peer Baroness Warsi - the first Muslim woman to sit in a British cabinet - said comments like Mr Johnson's could lead to a rise in hate crime in the UK.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright said there was no reason not to have a "robust conversation", but added: "We're not talking to our friends in the pub, we are public figures and we have an additional obligation to be careful." [BBC] Read more
