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Less than a week after Labour suspended Naz Shah and Ken Livingstone over claims of anti-Semitism and racism within the party, footage has emerged of London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan using the term ‘Uncle Toms’ to refer to moderate Muslim groups.

Jeremy Corbyn is under mounting pressure to stamp down on alleged anti-Semitism and racism within the Labour party amid suggestions it could lose more than 100 seats at the local elections on Thursday.

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Now a 2009 interview with the Iranian-backed Press TV has emerged in which Sadiq Khan uses the term ‘Uncle Toms’ – a racial slur applied to black people accused of being subservient to whites.



‘The point is, you can’t just pick and choose who who you speak to,’ Mr Khan says.


‘You can’t just speak to Uncle Toms. You can’t just speak to people who will say what you want them to hear.’

Sadiq Khan condemned the use of the term ‘Uncle Tom’ days ago (Picture: Getty Images

It’s unfortunate timing. Days ago, Mr Khan condemned the use of the term Uncle Tom while criticising Ken Livingstone for comments he described as ‘appalling and disgusting’.

Now two Labour councillors are suspended for anti-Israeli Facebook posts

Last night, a spokesman for Mr Khan said last night that he ‘regrets’ using the term.

Conservative MPs were quick to say that Mr Khan’s comments show he is not fit to Mayor of London.

‘Sadiq Khan has shown he doesn’t have the judgment to be Mayor of London,’ Paul Scully, MP for Sutton and Cheap, told MailOnline.

‘He’s deeply hypocritical on race issue when it suits his political purpose. Labour must show they won’t put up with attitudes like this in the party.’

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