Suspension of Lee Anderson from Conservative Party
Former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson, was suspended from the party after refusing to apologize for asserting that London Mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by Islamists. His comments sparked outrage and were deemed Islamophobic and racist by Khan and fellow Conservative MP Nus Ghani. Anderson, who defected to the Tories in 2018, served as deputy chairman until his suspension for not apologizing for his remarks.