Reform MP calls for burqa ban | LBC Debate

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Sarah Pochin, the new MP for Runcorn and Helsby, used her first question at Prime Minister’s Question Time to ask the Prime Minister if he would ‘follow the lead of France, Denmark, Belgium and others and ban the burqa?’. The Prime Minister responded that he would ‘not follow her [Pochin] down that line’. Nick Ferrari spoke to Lila Tamea, a Yemeni Muslim activist and PhD researcher, and journalist Khadija Khan, to debate Pochin’s question. Tamea defended the wearing of the Burqa as Khan warned of its threat to ‘national security’. Tamea responded by insinuating Khan ‘one of these ex-Muslims’ who ‘have trauma’ from a misrepresentation of Islam. It is unclear if banning the Burqa is official Reform policy. Nigel Farage retweeted a video of Sarah Pochin asking the question to the Prime Minister on his X account, as did fellow Reform MP, Lee Anderon. To date, 18 countries have banned the Burqa, with restrictions in place in Muslim majority countries Algeria, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uzbekistan. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewlbcapp #lbc #nickferrari #ukpolitics #news #reform #reformuk #nigelfarage #politics #uk #keirstarmer #labour #government LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup