Islamophobia row: Crisis deepens as deputy PM refuses to say whether Lee Anderson is 'racist'

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The deputy prime minister has refused to say on Sky News whether Lee Anderson is "racist" as he backed the decision to suspend him from the Conservative Party following his attack on Sadiq Khan.

Mr Anderson claimed "Islamists" had "got control" of the London mayor whom he claimed had "given our capital city away to his mates".

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