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By Sophie Wingate, PA Political Correspondent & Tim Hanlon Police are “assessing” a report of hate speech made against MP Lee Anderson after he accused the mayor of London of being controlled by Islamists. Scotland Yard said a report was received a day after the former Tory deputy chairman made the remarks that unleashed an Islamophobia row. The Ashfield MP was stripped of the Conservative whip over the weekend after he claimed that “Islamists” had “got control” of Sadiq Khan and that the first Muslim London mayor had “given away our capital” to such extremists. The Met does not provide inform…

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