'You’ve done it again!' LBC listener shreds Sadiq Khan for 'calling Brexit & Trump racist'
SADIQ KHAN was rattled in a fiery clash with a caller who fumed over what she called the Mayor’s attempt to brand Donald Trump, Brexit and Scottish supporters 'racist.'
LBC Caller accuses Sadiq Khan of calling Brexit 'racist'
The caller was left seething over the Mayor of London’s comparisons between Scottish nationalism and President Trump and Brexit supporters.
Khan, 46, was criticised after he delivered a speech which likened Scottish nationalism to racism.
Mr Khan came under fire as he commented on the “rise of populist and narrow nationalist parties around the world”.
The LBC caller attacked the London Mayor for his comments as she claimed he was trying to “deduce half of the Scottish population”.
A caller blasted Sadiq Khan for his controversial Scotland comments
The Mayor said: “What I’m saying is, now of all times, we have had Brexit, you’ve had President Trump elected, you’ve seen a rise of these narrow populist parties across Europe.
“Look at Austria, look at France, look at what is happening in the Netherlands.
“We shouldn’t be pulling away, we should be sticking together.”
The remark enraged the LBC caller who accused Mr Khan of insulting the Scottish people again.
She said: “Yes, you have just done it again because you have said, ‘I wouldn’t call a Trump supporter a racist, I wouldn’t call a Ukip supporter a racist, I wouldn’t call an independence supporter a racist’.
Sadiq Khan refused to apologise for his comments which outraged the caller even more
You’ve done it again basically. No apologies from you
“You have just lined us up in that rogues gallery. You’ve done it again basically. No apologies from you.”
The London Mayor was quick to fight back at the attack insisting that he would not apologise for his comments.
He added: “I’m not apologising, let’s just be clear, what I am saying is that I have not called the nationalist movement racist or bigoted.
“What I am saying is at this time we should be pulling together not pulling apart.”
During his speech the Mayor referred to the special relationship between London and Scotland.
Sadiq Khan said that Scotland should not be pulling away but instead coming together
He said: “Londoners and Scots share many of the same values and outlooks. We celebrate our diversity and take pride in our tolerance.
“With the world becoming an increasingly divided place, Brexit, President Trump, and the rise of populist and narrow nationalist parties around the world, now's not the time to fuel that division. Or to seek separation or isolation.”
The Mayor did not back down with his comments as he finished insisting that the rise of populist movements could not be ignored.
“You can’t escape the fact over the last two years we’ve had these events, Brexit, President Trump and the rise of populist movements, you can’t escape that,” he said.