Burka-ban MP faces court threat from human rights group
A Tory MP has been warned he could face legal action if he follows through on a threat to refuse to meet constituents wearing burkas.
Lawyers for human rights organisation Liberty have written to Philip Hollobone insisting that the Equality Act obliges him to avoid discrimination.
The missive warns that the campaigning group ‘will be happy to represent any of your constituents that you refuse to meet because they are veiled’.
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