Tory Islamophobia row: Warsi accuses Hancock of 'whitesplaining'

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Sayeeda Warsi has denounced her Conservative party colleague Matt Hancock for “whitesplaining” Islamophobia to her after he suggested “there are others who take a more balanced approach” to the issue.

Lady Warsi responded furiously to Hancock, the health secretary, after his comments on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme while addressing the Conservative party’s decision not to hold an inquiry into Islamophobia.

Challenged on Warsi’s strident criticism of her own party’s record on discrimination against Muslims, Hancock had said: “Well look, I like Sayeeda. She has a particular view on this, there are others who take a more balanced approach.”

Asked if he was saying she was “unbalanced”, Hancock replied: “No, I’m certainly not saying that. I have an enormous amount of respect for Sayeeda but she does take a particular view.”

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/nov/09/tory-islamophobia-hancock-accused-of-trying-to-isolate-warsi

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I was a bit shocked at his glib dismissal. On a British political forum with all viewpoints that I post on, Islamophobia from the right is pretty common (though admittedly, most of it from people who are now Brexit Party supporters, though they used to be pro-Tory). For that matter, the antisemitism comes from the same people (just a few days ago, one of them complained that Jews control the BBC).