By Dave Burke Lee Anderson would have kept the Tory whip if he apologised, Deputy PM Oliver Dowden said. The Ashfield MP was suspended after refusing to say sorry for suggesting London Mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by Islamic extremists. His remarks have been branded Islamophobic and racist. But Mr Dowden told Laura Kuenssberg: ” I don’t believe that Lee Anderson said those remarks intending to be Islamophobic.” Asked if he would have kept the whip if he said sorry, Mr Dowden said: “Yes.” He also defended Suella Braverman, who has also been accused of using “dangerous” rhetoric. Mr Dowden to…