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Robert Jenrick has been accused of “anti-British” comments after suggesting he should be banned Burqa In Britain.
Shadow Justice Secretary, Touted as a potential successor to struggling Kemi Badenoch, Pointed to Italy where the Prime Minister is georgia melloni recently proposed outlawing traditional Muslim dress in public places.
Labor MP Sam Rushworth hit back by condemning the comments in which Mr… generic Adverse With Conservative Party leader Ms Badenoch as “anti-British” and going “against what our nation stands for”.
Ms Badenoch has previously rejected the idea of a ban, Saying that the move “will not fix the problem of cultural separatism”.
Mr Jenrick said ring robe Program on The Talk: “I’d probably ban the burqa.”
He said that “there are core values in this country and we must stand up and protect them”.
He said: “Where you see them teetering on the edge or frankly being completely destroyed – whether it’s Sharia courts or the wearing of the burqa – these are the issues we have to confront if we want to create the kind of society we want to hand down to our children and grandchildren.”
Ms. Badenoch suggests employers Earlier this year employees should have the right to stop wearing them at work, but he argued against a nationwide ban.
“France has a ban and they have worse problems than this country in terms of integration. So clearly banning the burqa is not going to fix things,” she said.
The Tory leader said she would not allow people to have surgery in her constituency if they wore face coverings because she had “strong views about face coverings”.
Former Prime Minister Theresa May previously said the government should not tell women what they should wear when it comes to the burqa.
Mr Jenrick was recently at the center of a fiery controversy when he complained he “didn’t see another white face” during a 90-minute trip to Handsworth, Birmingham, this year.
“This is not the kind of country I want to live in,” he said, before adding that it was “not about the color of your skin or your faith” but about people “living with each other.”
Earlier this month, Italy’s ruling Brothers of Italy party said it planned to introduce legislation to ban the burqa, saying it was a move against “Islamic separatism.”
recently elected Reform MP Sarah Pochin Earlier this year he also called on Sir Keir Starmer to ban the burqa.
But a Reform spokesperson later clarified that banning the burqa was not party policy, leading to calls on the far right for Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to adopt the proposals.
And, in an extraordinary line, the chair of reform Called him “dumb” To request.
Zia Yusuf took to X, formerly Twitter, to say this “Dumb to ask a party Prime Minister If they do something that the party itself will not do.”