Brexit Party candidate claimed Tory Islamophobia was 'made up by the left'

A Brexit Party candidate has sparked a backlash after claiming Tory Islamophobia was “made up”. Salmon tycoon Lance Forman said the row was invented 'by the left' to distract from anti-Semitic racism in Labour. In Twitter messages from 2017 to 2018, he also said Islamophobia was 'reactive' and 'not enough Muslims are standing up for the Jews'. And he described Jeremy Corbyn as a Nazi and 'fascist', saying: 'It's undeniable.' Labour claimed the comments were 'disgraceful, racist and bigoted' while the Muslim Council of Britain said 'dismissing evidence of Islamophobia' must not be tolerated.