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Labour's Naz Shah accuses Boris Johnson of using antisemitism as 'tit for tat deflection' from Islamophobia

She warned him against a 'potentially divisive tit for tat deflection of a very serious issue'

March 11, 2020 13:58
Labour's Naz Shah speaks in the Commons during PMQs
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Labour MP Naz Shah has accused Boris Johnson of using her party's antisemitism as a "tit for tat deflection" over allegations of Tory Islamophobia.

In an angry intervention in the House of Commons, Ms Shah said the Prime Minister had been “hiding behind the robes of his Muslim ancestors” to avoid the charge of being labelled an Islamophobia himself.

She said he was resorting to a “potentially divisive tit for tat deflection of a very serious issue which is antisemitism".

The MP for Bradford West, speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, asked Mr Johnson “what he is doing” about hundreds allegations of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party to “reassure British Muslims that he takes their concerns seriously”.