In response, opposition politicians, including the Shadow Secretary of State for Education, , called for Zahawi to step down from his position as Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department of Education as he did not report his concerns about unlawful behaviour at the event to the police and because he had attended the event before on several occasions.
Zahawi spoke out against the policy and urged that the UK should not turn a blind eye to it.
ألترا عراق ـ فريق التحرير عيّن بوريس جونسون رئيس الحكومة البريطانية، وزيرًا للتعليم في حكومته.
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وزهاوي الذي كان عضو بالبرلمان البريطاني منذ 2010، سياسي من أصل عراقي، ونحدر من عائلة ذات أصول كردية.