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PMQs sketch: Nasty and loud as Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash over antisemitism and Islamophobia

Lee Anderson and Liz Truss offer Labour leader rich pickings but under-fire Speaker struggles to keep order

Evening Standard

More than half of Tory members in poll say Islam a threat to British way of life

Figure for party is twice proportion among overall population and comes amid row over Lee Anderson comments about Sadiq Khan

The Guardian - UK

Think Tories are Islamophobic? You don’t know the half of it – we have the figures

We’ve surveyed Conservative members, and it’s clear that the radical right is winning the battle for the party’s soul, say Nick Lowles, chief executive of Hope Not Hate

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Islamophobia and antisemitism in UK politics have a grim, exhausting symmetry

Jewish and Muslim identities are not signifiers of party loyalty – but the polarising vortex of Westminster seems determined to treat them as such, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Lee Anderson says public supports him over Sadiq Khan comments

Tory suspended for saying Islamists have control of London mayor again refuses to rule out joining Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

What is Islamophobia and why does Tory government not accept definition?

Why are senior politicians unwilling to label Lee Anderson’s comments on Sadiq Khan Islamophobic? We look at why the definition is disputed

The Guardian - UK

Look at the political hellscape of Sunak, Anderson, even Starmer and ask: are they making my life any better?

When politicians compete in a race to the bottom, is it any wonder that the public are not far behind, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Which party will Lee Anderson join next?

Some Reform voices are sceptical about him

Evening Standard

Labour demands Tory London mayor candidate apologise for ‘Islamophobia’

Party chair also calls on Susan Hall to commit not to use further ‘anti-Muslim hatred’ in campaign against Sadiq Khan

The Guardian - UK

Paul Scully apologises for 'no-go areas' comment after uproar in Tower Hamlets

Former London minister ‘sorry’ for comment made amid the fallout of the Lee Anderson row

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan targeted with death threats in police 999 calls after Lee Anderson's 'Islamists' rant

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Massey, 52, from Ipswich, made threats aimed at the Mayor in two 999 phone calls to Suffolk Police’s control room

Evening Standard

UK politics: ex-minister apologises for saying there are ‘no-go areas’ in UK cities – as it happened

Paul Scully says he is ‘slightly furious’ with himself after comments about London and Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

Paul Scully 'regrets' storm after claiming parts of Tower Hamlets and Birmingham are 'no-go areas'

Former mayoral candidate says he was ‘misconstrued’ in interview after he also condemned Lee Anderson

Evening Standard

Lee Anderson says he is not ruling out defecting to Reform UK

Tory suspended over comments about Sadiq Khan would be populist party’s first MP if he joined

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Tuesday briefing: Behind the Conservative party’s failure to address Islamophobia

In today’s newsletter: As suspended backbencher Lee Anderson launches a fresh attack, a former Tory MEP explains how the party got here

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Tory MP Paul Scully claims there are ‘no-go’ areas in Birmingham and London

Ex-London minister’s comment about areas with large Muslim populations – for which he apologised – described as ‘utter drivel’

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak in growing storm after failing to condemn Lee Anderson rant as Islamophobic

Prime Minister criticised for not taking a tougher line against Mr Anderson and ‘calling this out for what it is’

The Guardian - UK

Tory supporters lash out at ‘snake’ Sunak over Lee Anderson suspension

Exclusive: activists endorse Anderson’s comments and decry ‘threat of Islam’ in leaked messages

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Were two Muslim women in east London run over because they were wearing hijabs?

Misbah Sadique and her friend Kulsum were hit by a car they say was accelerating at them but police did not regard incident as a potential hate crime despite rising Islamophobia

The Guardian - UK

Nothing to see here, say Tories of their hero, 30p Lee

Even Rish! has tied himself in knots trying to work out what Anderson should apologise for. Because Lee’s not racist or Islamophobic, is he?

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Islamophobia and the Tories: the problem is bigger than Lee Anderson

Editorial: The remarks from the senior Conservative are symptomatic of the party’s longstanding failure to tackle the issue

The Guardian - UK

Is Sadiq Khan a good mayor of London? Let’s not pretend the far right cares

From Trump and his supporters to the ‘meatheads’ on GB News, Khan has been under attack ever since he was elected in 2016. Facts don’t come into it, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

‘He’s very controversial, isn’t he?’: how Lee Anderson’s constituents reacted to his comments about Sadiq Khan

In Kirkby-in Ashfield, some call their MP an ‘embarrassment’ while others say ‘he’s telling the truth a lot of people daren’t say’

The Guardian - UK

Lee Anderson stands by attack on Sadiq Khan and launches fresh broadside

Former Tory deputy chair says ‘when you think you are right, you should never apologise’ because it would be a sign of weakness

The Guardian - UK

Sunak, his media allies – maybe even Lee Anderson – know Sadiq Khan is no Islamist. This is tactical racism

The label ‘Islamist’ is being used to stir up anti-Muslim feeling for political ends, says Archie Bland, Guardian First Edition newsletter editor

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