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- Theresa May has demanded Boris Johnson for comparing women wearing burqas to bank robbers and letter boxes.
- The former Foreign Secretary has been accused of Islamophobia over the remarks, which he made in a newspaper column.
- Johnson has so far refused to back down, and May said on Tuesday that “some of the terms Boris used describing people’s appearance obviously have offended.”
The Tory Islamophobia row has intensified after Theresa May demanded Boris Johnson apologise for comparing women wearing burqas and niqabs to bank robbers and letter boxes.
The prime minister said the former foreign secretary’s comments had “clearly caused offence”, as controversy around his words grew on Tuesday.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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