(Politico) Britain’s Conservatives have yet another civil war on their hands.
The governing party has spent much of the past week publicly agonizing about anti-Muslim prejudice — and the bitter row shows no signs of subsiding.
Lee Anderson, the party’s former deputy chairman — and once Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s favorite media Rottweiler — sparked a furious internal debate by claiming “Islamists” have “got control” of London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
The comments about the Labour mayor — who is the highest-profile Muslim politician in the U.K. and routinely receives death threats — drew a fierce backlash, and have dominated the week in Westminster.
