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Starmer claims Tory party has ‘problem with Muslims’ after Nick Timothy tweet
Politics•March 18, 2026 at 5:47 PMNational

Starmer claims Tory party has ‘problem with Muslims’ after Nick Timothy tweet

By Ben Quinn Political correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

PM calls on Kemi Badenoch to sack justice spokesperson after he called public prayers as ‘act of domination’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 the square. Continue reading...

PM calls on Kemi Badenoch to sack justice spokesperson after he called public prayers as ‘act of domination’

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 the square.

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