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PM's burka comments gave impression of insensitivity - report Published image copyrightPA wire Boris Johnson's comments about women wearing the burka have given an impression that the Tories are "insensitive to Muslim communities", an independent review has said. The prime minister ordered a report in 2019 into how the party handles discrimination allegations. It found anti-Muslim views were seen at local association and individual level. But claims of "institutional racism" were not borne out by evidence of the way complaints were handled. However, there is "clear evidence" the Conservative...

Tory Islamophobia inquiry: Anti-Muslim sentiment 'remains a problem' within Conservative Party, report finds Anti-Muslim sentiment "remains a problem" within the Conservative Party, an independent report has found. Professor Swaran Singh, a former equality and human rights commissioner, analysed 1,418 complaints relating to 727 separate incidents as recorded in the Tories' complaints database between 2015 and 2020. In a 44,000-word report on his findings, he said: "Judging by the extent of complaints and findings of misconduct by the party itself that relate to anti-Muslim words a...

Here are some of the cases covered by the report: Boris Johnson: The Prime Minister was cleared by an independent panel, which examined whether he had breached the Conservative Party’s code of conduct by using a Daily Telegraph column in 2018 to describe Muslim women who wear the burka as looking like “letterboxes” and “bank robbers”. But the panel looking at Mr Johnson’s case was split, with a minority view that the language used in the article was “offensive and did not lead by example to encourage and foster respect”, and that as a result Mr Johnson had breached the party�...

Boris Johnson’s comments about women wearing the burka have given an impression that the Tories are “insensitive to Muslim communities”, an independent review into alleged Islamophobia and discrimination in the Conservative Party has said. The inquiry found anti-Muslim sentiment was seen at local association and individual levels but claims of “institutional racism” were not borne out by evidence of the way complaints were handled. In a pointed message to Mr Johnson, the review led by Professor Swaran Singh said the leadership of the Conservative Party “ought to set a good example...

Boris Johnson burka comments gave impression Tory party is anti-Muslim, inquiry finds An investigation into allegations of Islamophobia in the Tory party delivered a sharp rebuke for the Prime Minister while finding that anti-Muslim sentiment remains a problem for the Conservatives. Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the comments when he was a journalist (Image: 10 Downing Street/AFP via Getty) Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the inf...