Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says the prime minister's refusal to call Lee Anderon's comments racist or Islamophobic is "completely unacceptable", adding he doesn't recognise there being a problem within his party. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 The response from Rishi Sunak on this has been wholly inadequate.
00:02 His refusal to condemn what we've heard as racist, as Islamophobic,
00:07 completely unacceptable.
00:08 The first step towards addressing a problem
00:11 is recognising that there is a problem.
00:13 This shows a wider pattern of remarks
00:15 that we're seeing from, including very senior conservatives.
00:18 And we've seen Liz Truss, of course, in recent days,
00:21 engaging in all kinds of strange conspiracy theories too.
00:24 I think the conservatives have got a serious problem.
00:26 But Rishi Sunak is weak.
00:27 He's in hock to his members of parliament
00:31 and therefore isn't taking the action that's needed.