Sadiq Khan accuses David Cameron of ‘writing propaganda’ for the EDL

Sadiq Khan MPTooting’s MP has reacted furiously to David Cameron’s claim yesterday that multiculturalism in Britain has “failed”. In a speech in Germany, the Prime Minister said the Government should no longer tolerate and engage with extremist groups whose members did not believe in crucial western and British values.

But Sadiq Khan, Britain’s most prominent muslim MP who represents thousands who follow Islam in Tooting, claimed Mr Cameron was “writing propaganda for the English Defence League”.

Yesterday, Mr Cameron told the Munich Security Conference: “Let’s properly judge these organisations… do they believe in universal human rights – including for women and people of other faiths? Do they believe in equality of all before the law?”

In reponse to Mr Khan’s comments, Tory co-chairman Baroness Warsi called for an apology. She said: “For Sadiq Khan to smear the prime minister as a rightwing extremist is outrageous and irresponsible.”

Your Local Guardian, 6 February 2011