London Independent
May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016
David Cameron has described Sadiq Khan as a “proud Muslim and proud Brit” – just weeks after attempting to link the mayor of London to a supporter of “IS”.
Speaking at the launch of a Britain Stronger In Europe battle bus, Mr Cameron sought to deflect attention from a weekend of attacks from his own MPs and hailed the “extraordinary coalition” rallied behind Britain remaining in the EU.
The apparent show of solidarity follows accusations that Mr Cameron was supporting an “Islamophobic campaign” against Mr Khan, when he said he was concerned that Labour’s candidate for mayor of London had shared a platform “again and again and again” with people he described as violent extremists.
Mr Cameron said at the time: “Suliman Gani – the honourable member for Tooting [Mr Khan] has appeared on a platform with him nine times. This man supports IS [Islamic State]. I think they are shouting down this point because they don’t want to hear the truth.”
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