Reform today hit out at ‘pathetic’ Labour MPs for ‘kowtowing to Islamists’ after they reported the party to the Equality and Human Rights Commission. A group of 27 left-wing backbenchers accused Nigel Farage’s outfit of… you guessed it: Islamophobia. The Labour MPs insisted there was ‘overwhelming evidence’ Reform had breached its equality obligations and urged the watchdog to launch a formal probe.
In a letter to EHRC boss Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, the squad claimed: ‘The prevalence of racism within Reform UK does not exist in a vacuum and has real-world consequences for the millions of British Muslims in our country.’
Labour’s Afzal Khan, who spearheaded the letter, accused Reform of having ‘consistently failed to tackle their growing Islamophobia problem’. In a shock to absolutely no one, other signatories include Ian Byrne, Clive Lewis and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, as well as Labour turned independent MP Diane Abbott.
Among the examples of so-called Islamophobia cited by the group is Farage’s criticism of the mass Muslim prayer that took place in Trafalgar Square earlier this year. The letter also takes aim at Lee Anderson and Sarah Pochin.
Brushing off the move, a Reform spokesperson said the party stood by its comments and ‘won’t be intimidated’ by moaning lefties.
A source added:
We know Labour now kowtow to Islamists for votes, we never will. The British public are tired of pathetic accusations and made up words such as Islamophobia.
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