The shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, walked out of a live television interview on Monday after being asked his view on a controversial letter sent to 1,000 Muslim leaders by the communities secretary, Eric Pickles.
The Labour frontbencher was frustrated because he was pressed live on Sky News over whether he would describe the letter as “patronising”, when he had not actually read it and was booked to talk about the prime minister’s speech on the economy.
The letter has caused a stir because the Muslim Council of Britain and others objected to the idea that Muslims should have to “explain and demonstrate how faith in Islam can be part of British identity”.
Cameron has already backed Pickles for sending the letter. However, Labour has been largely staying out of the row until Umunna was asked for his opinion by Sky presenter Dermot Murnaghan.Read more
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