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To: House of Commons
Establish an inquiry into racism in the Conservative party
We call on the House of Commons to establish an inquiry into racism in the Conservative Party. David Cameron's Islamophobic libel of Imam Sulieman Ghani, London Mayor Boris Johnson's recent comments about President Obama's ancestry and Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith's slurs against Sadiq Khan are just three examples of apparently racist conduct at senior levels of the party. Given the controversy created by these incidents and many more a swift and thorough going inquiry is clearly necessary.
Why is this important?
There should be no place for the kind of racist slurs and innuendos that have characterised Conservative campaigning recently. All forms of racism, including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, need to be rooted out from across the political spectrum.
