UK Minister of State for Illegal Immigration, Michael Tomlinson, faced repeated questions on whether Conservative MP Lee Anderson's comments about Sadiq Khan were Islamophobic. Tomlinson refused to confirm, leading to Nick Ferrari cutting off the interview on LBC.
During an LBC interview on Tuesday, UK Minister of State for Illegal Immigration, Michael Tomlinson, refused to answer journalist Nick Ferrari on whether he considers Conservative MP Lee Anderson’s comments about London mayor Sadiq Khan to be Islamophobic. https://t.co/vHSm1wuiJD
Wow - govt minister refuses to say multiple times if Lee Anderson’s comments were Islamophobic. So Nick Ferrari cuts off the interview. https://t.co/5v9VenMyEv
Watch Nick Ferrari cut his interview short with Michael Tomlinson(illegal migration Minister) after he refuses to answer his questions on Lee Anderson nine times. #LBC https://t.co/PvSPT08Tbb
Nick Ferrari cuts off interview with the latest minister to refuse to say whether or not Lee Anderson’s comments were Islamophobic or not. https://t.co/llCXA8i32Q
"I don't think Lee personally is racist, but what he said was unacceptable.” Tom Pursglove, legal migration minister, refuses to say if he thought Lee Anderson’s comments were Islamophobic on #TimesRadio. @StigAbell https://t.co/kqhG2NJ8Ev
Excruciating moment Nick Ferrari ends interview with minister who refused six times to say if Lee Anderson's comments were Islamophobic https://t.co/fxfFL7yf9P
'For the third time was it Islamophobic?' 'Nick it was wrong.' 'I'll have to curtail the interview there, enough already.' @NickFerrariLBC cuts off the Illegal Immigration Minister after he refuses to confirm whether Lee Anderson's comments were Islamophobic. https://t.co/usNWrtPVmc
'For the third time was it Islamophobic?' 'Nick it was wrong.' 'I'll have to curtail the interview there, enough already.' @NickFerrariLBC cuts of Illegal Immigration Minister Michael Tomlinson after he refuses to confirm whether Lee Anderson's comments were Islamophobic. https://t.co/mvEU71I5AI
'Were Lee Anderson's comments racist?' - @KayBurley Immigration Minister @VotePursglove says Lee Anderson MP's comments are 'unacceptable' and it's 'right' that his whip was removed after refusing to apologise for his remarks about Sadiq Khan. https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 https://t.co/RBloWEwy2T