Starmer claims Tory party has ‘problem with Muslims’ in PMQs address

PM calls on Kemi Badenoch to sack Nick Timothy after his post on X describing public prayers as ‘act of domination’

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Keir Starmer has claimed the Conservative party “has a problem with Muslims” after the shadow justice secretary described an event where the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, joined others to pray in Trafalgar Square as “an act of domination”.

During PMQs, the prime minister urged Kemi Badenoch to sack Nick Timothy over a post on X in which he shared a clip of Khan and other Muslims praying in Trafalgar Square.

“Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination,” tweeted Timothy, who went on to say “the domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook”.

Starmer claims Tory party has ‘problem with Muslims’ in PMQs address

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