A Tory Minister has come under fire after claiming that he has never seen any Islamophobia in the Conservative Party and pointing to Home Secretary Sajid Javid, who is from a Muslim background, as evidence that prejudice does not exist in the party.
Henry Smith, the MP for Crawley, was discussing the issue of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party on the BBC Politics Live show when host Andrew Neil turned the tables on him to ask about Islamophobia in the Conservative membership.
Mr Neil said: “Isn’t it also rather sad that a once great other British party, I think called the Conservatives also has its elements of Islamophobia in it, and because of the row over anti-Semitism you’ve got away with it.”
The MP responded: “Well, I’ve never come across any of that in the Conservative Party and we’ve got members in my Crawley association who are Muslim, along with many other different faiths and no faith at all.” [inews.co.uk] Read more
