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BBC Newsnight: We shouldn’t be ‘GOING TO WAR’ over burka row, says top author

Speaking to BBC Newsnight, bestseller Ian McEwan told Evan Davis: “I’m almost all burka-ed out, I have to say.” Mr McEwan suggested the current...

Boris for PM? Bookies SLASH odds on Johnson becoming next Tory leader after burka row

The ex-Foreign Secretary sparked fury last week by saying Muslim women who wear the full-face veil looked like “bank robbers”. Theresa May...

Boris Johnson chastises Theresa May over ‘URGENT’ housing crisis amid ongoing Burka row

The former Foreign Secretary branded the housing crisis the “biggest and most urgent” issue in the UK, and accused property developers of building...

Boris Johnson's father says burka article should have been STRONGER and call for BAN

Boris Johnson sparked fury earlier this week by saying women who wear the full-face veil looked like “letter boxes” or “bank robbers”. The...

'A total cock-up!' Tory fury over Boris burka row as no confidence vote looms for May

Boris Johnson sparked controversy earlier this week by saying women who wear the full-face veil looked like “bank robbers” or “letter...

Boris Johnson burka row: ROWAN ATKINSON defends comments – ‘Only apologise for BAD jokes!'

Party chairman Brandon Lewis faces growing fury in party ranks and even calls from senior figures to resign over his handling of the affair which started...

BORIS BURKA ROW: Tories are running SCARED of a leadership bid, says Jacob Rees-Mogg

Jacob Rees-Mogg has written in The Daily Telegraph, responding to the backlash against Mr Johnson’s comments about people who wear the burka, which...

‘Done NOTHING’ Theresa May BLASTED for failing to stand up to Boris Johnson over burka row

Numerous complaints have been lodged with the Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis, who oversees the party’s code of conduct. The official has...

Boris Johnson was RIGHT on burka ban comments, senior Imam says

Mr Johnson stirred up a hornet’s nest after he made the comparison in a column in The Daily Telegraph. However, Taj Hargey, Imam at Oxford Islamic...

Theresa May DEMANDS Boris Johnson APOLOGISES over burka comments – 'It's up to the woman'

The outrage follows a newspaper article in which Mr Johnson said he did not want the full-face veil and gown donned by some Muslim women to be banned...

'It's NOT the answer' – Boris Johnson HITS OUT at Denmark for banning the burka in public

Writing in his regular newspaper column, Mr Johnson suggested banning the burka could increase tensions between Muslims and other demographic groups. He...