Britain before the election: Tories fight over Islam hatred in their party

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The Tories have a dispute over an investigation of Islamophobia in the party broke out. Health Minister Matt Hancock and former Vice Secretary-General Sayeeda Warsi now had a slugfest.

The background to the dispute is a push by Finance Minister Sajid Javid. He had proposed as a competitor of Boris Johnson for the party leadership in a live TV debate in the summer to investigate the Islamophobia in the party. His competitors, including Johnson, agreed with him.

Meanwhile, the head of government wants to know but nothing more. On Friday he told the BBC that there would be a "general inquiry into prejudices of all kinds".

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Warsi, who is one of the party's most prominent Muslims and now sits in the upper house for the Tories, was outraged by the backlash. "Yes, it's true, my party does not care about racism in its own ranks ... we're just anti-racist to gain political advantage," she tweeted.

2/2 Today #BorisJohnson has confirmed that there will be no inquiry into #Islamophobia
Yes, disappointing
Yes predictable
Yes it's true my party do not give a - about racism within our own ranks
We are only anti-racist to score political points
Do not we say as we do

Now the dispute continues: Health Secretary Hancock said in a BBC radio interview that he respects Warsi, but other party members would pursue a "more balanced approach."

Warsi responded immediately: On Twitter, she accused Hancock of whitesplaining. With the artificial word from "white" and "explain" the small speeches of discrimination of dark-skinned minorities by members of a fair-skinned majority is called.

Oh, @MattHancock
Thank you for "whitesplaining" this to me.
I'm so glad I have colleagues like you can educate me even after my 30 years of experience in race relations
"" Thousand apologies sir " ♀️ https://t.co/7TtX34PHT8

Johnson was repeatedly exposed to charges of Islamophobia, partly because he had mocked women in a newspaper column with full veiling as "mailboxes" and "bank robbers".

On December 12, the British are to elect a new parliament.