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Captain_Swoop said:
Nusrat Ghani: I was sacked as a minister ‘because I was a Muslim’

A Conservative MP has accused a party whip of telling her she was fired from her ministerial job because her Muslim faith was “making colleagues uncomfortable”.

Nusrat Ghani, 49, was sacked as a transport minister in a mini-reshuffle in February 2020. She claimed she was told by a whip that her “Muslimness was raised as an issue” at a meeting in Downing Street and that her “Muslim woman minister status was making colleagues feel uncomfortable”.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...s-a-minister-because-i-was-a-muslim-p38lmvlvg
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Captain_Swoop said:
Govt source says the accusation made by Nus Ghani that she was told by a whip that she was sacked as a minister because she was a Muslim is "categorically untrue"

A spokesperson on behalf of the Whips Office said:
“These claims are categorically untrue. Ministerial roles are appointed on merit and rewards for hard work. The Conservative Party does not tolerate any form of racism or discrimination.”
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Meanwhile in a beautiful deleted tweet thread.

https://www.politwoops.co.uk/p/cons...ntent=1485012976851726337&utm_campaign=repost

To ensure other Whips are not drawn into this matter, I am identifying myself as the person Nusrat Ghani MP has made claims about this evening. ‘These accusations are completely false and I consider them to be defamatory. I have never used those words attributed to me.
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ETA

He reinstated the thread after he realised that the media had spotted the implications of his admission

https://twitter.com/Mark_Spencer/status/1485020127141806081?s=20
 
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I know, to make it even better, a later tweet that he deleted then reinstated said.

It is disappointing that when this issue was raised before Ms Ghani declined to refer the matter to the Conservative Party for a formal investigation.
I provided evidence to the Singh Investigation into Islamophobia which concluded that there was no credible basis for the claims
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So we know that she didn't accuse him in any internal investigation
 
Lothian said:
Ministerial sackings are not down to whips. That is the prime minister's job. If he doesn't take a dive for Boris he could lose school funding in his constituency.
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And so far as I'm aware Johnson hasn't yet sacked anyone for breaking the rules, where people have gone it has been through resignation (more often than not the resignation of the person who investigated the rule breaking when their findings were ignored).
 
Lothian said:
If he never used the words and the accusations are completely false, why does he think it is him and not another whip?
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Did you miss the primer class on "politicians and weasel words".

He only said he didn't use those words i.e. "Muslimness was raised as an issue” and “Muslim woman minister status was making colleagues feel uncomfortable”.

He could have used any other words to say the same thing and he is "technically" telling the truth and as we know technically telling the truth is all that matters.
 
Darat said:
Did you miss the primer class on "politicians and weasel words".

He only said he didn't use those words i.e. "Muslimness was raised as an issue” and “Muslim woman minister status was making colleagues feel uncomfortable”.

He could have used any other words to say the same thing and he is "technically" telling the truth and as we know technically telling the truth is all that matters.
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He probably said. "Big dog is concerned you are going to turn up looking like a letterbox"
 
There was that too Darat, the second thing that sprang to mind.

Some beautiful replies to people screenshoting it.

https://twitter.com/PSincock/status/1485019688111386624?s=20

Replying to
@Peston
Don’t tell them your name Pike
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https://twitter.com/ecomousey/status/1485022397971537923?s=20
Beth
@ecomousey
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12h
Replying to
@blinddrew
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@Peston
Reminds me of once asking my reception class if anyone knew why a particular child was crying.
'I didn't hit her' came the indignant reply from 1 little lad.
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"Dominic Raab refuses to confirm full publication of Sue Gray partygate report

Deputy PM says it is for Boris Johnson to decide how much detail is released to the public"

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't ?
 
GlennB said:
"Dominic Raab refuses to confirm full publication of Sue Gray partygate report

Deputy PM says it is for Boris Johnson to decide how much detail is released to the public"

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't ?
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To be fair to Raab, by the time it's due out, we'll probably discover another 50 parties that she should include in her report.
 
GlennB said:
"Dominic Raab refuses to confirm full publication of Sue Gray partygate report

Deputy PM says it is for Boris Johnson to decide how much detail is released to the public"

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't ?
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Well, he never released the Russia report so why are we expecting him to release this one?
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Well, he never released the Russia report so why are we expecting him to release this one?
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Whatever route he takes there will be uproar. Is there even such a thing as a 'best' way for Johnson to handle this? And here I'm referring to reality, rather than the fevered imaginings that go on in his skull.
 
GlennB said:
Whatever route he takes there will be uproar. Is there even such a thing as a 'best' way for Johnson to handle this? And here I'm referring to reality, rather than the fevered imaginings that go on in his skull.
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In the event of a discrepancy between the two, Boris will always go with the latter.
 
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