Lee Anderson had the Conservative whip suspended after making a widely criticised claim that London mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by "Islamists". Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA Wire Former Conservative vice-chair Lee Anderson was “wrong” to say Sadiq Khan was controlled by Islamists, the transport secretary Mark Harper has said, while repeatedly refusing to say whether the comments about the London mayor were racist. Pressed on the former Conservative vice-chair’s description of Mr Khan, including the claim he had “given our capital city away to his mates”, Mark Harper declined to say if it was motivated by prejudice against the mayor, who...