EMBARGO: Immediate

PRESS RELEASE: MPACUK Calls On All British Muslims To Mobilise Against The Tory Government At The Next General Election

On 23^rd July, Boris Johnson has been elected leader of the Conservative Party and by default, Prime Minister of the UK.

Boris Johnson has described niqab-wearing Muslim women as “letterboxes, black people as “picaninies” with “watermelon smiles”, dismissed Obama’s views on the UK through his “half-Kenyan” background, described Papua New Guinea as a country with “orgies of cannibalism and chief-killing” and has close ties with White Supremacist, Steve Bannon.

MPACUK Spokesperson, Imran Shah, said:

“With a party that has 60% of its members believing in anti-Muslim tropes, Islamophobia is not just institutional in the Tory party, but clearly rampant and endemic. So, it is no surprise that Boris Johnson, a man that has demonstrated to being highly prejudicial and a compulsive liar, has been made leader of the party.

This man is a sum liability to the welfare of the Muslims communities and all communities. Muslim can swing at least 30 Parliamentary seats, including Boris Johnson’s seat, Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

We can have greater national power and influence to demand our equality and rights. We call on Muslims to organise now and to vote tactically at the next General Election to remove this man and his party from power.”
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