SCOTLAND Yard are tonight “assessing” a report of hate speech made against former Tory MP Lee Anderson.
An unknown complainant went to the Metropolitan Police a day after the Ashfield MP said London Mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by “Islamists”.
The Met Police said they were assessing a report of hate speech against Lee Anderson[/caption]
The ex-deputy party chairman was stripped of the whip after refusing to apologise for his remarks.
His comments sparked widespread condemnation from across the political divide including from several senior Tories.
Despite Cabinet Minister Mark Harper suggesting he could rejoin the party provided he issued an apology, Mr Anderson has refused to back down.
He told ITV News he stuck by the “sentiment of his comments” about Mr Khan, but repeated his concession that they were “a little bit clumsy”.
He also claimed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made a “mistake” in stripping him of the Conservative whip.
Mr Anderson is now sitting as an independent unless he defects to another party that chooses to offer him its backing.
He has not ruled out standing for Reform UK, previously known as the Brexit Party, at the next election.
But at Prime Minister’s Questions today, he sat on the Tory benches and was seen cheering on the PM as he walked into the Commons chamber.
