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City Hall rivals call for unity after Lee Anderson “Islamophobia” row

<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/lee-anderson-islamophobia-row-sadiq-khan-susan-hall-tories-rishi-sunak-b1141517.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall each release statements calling for unity</a>. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/lee-anderson-sadiq-khan-islamophobic-racist-islamist-london-tories-b1141445.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rishi Sunak condemns Lee Anderson’s remarks, but refuses to call them ‘Islamophobic’</a>. Our Political Editor Nicholas Cecil discusses the mayoral candidates’ calls for unity, the ‘tense’ nature of UK politics in 2024, and why social media is making political division worse. In this episode: The Lee Anderson fallout explainedWhy UK politics are ‘very heated’ at the momentWhat next for Lee Anderson?How the Gaza conflict will continue to impact UK politics Follow us<a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on X</a> or<a href="https://www.threads.net/@evening.standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> on Threads</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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