Choice between being a ‘genuine one nation force’ or ‘an English nationalist movement’, says Sajjad Karim
The Conservative party has to decide between being a “genuine one nation force” or “an English nationalist movement” in the light of Boris Johnson’s comments about fully veiled women, according to one of the party’s Muslim MEPs.
Sajjad Karim, the party’s representative for North-West England, said Johnson’s controversial comments had pushed the boundaries of acceptable political debate and as a result the party had to decide what future it wanted to embrace.
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