Warsi says she fears attacks against her family after Braverman’s ‘racist rhetoric’

Tory peer says she has told father not to walk home alone from mosque as she is worried about backlash against British Muslims

The former Conservative chair Sayeeda Warsi has said she has warned her father not to walk home alone from the mosque, fearing a backlash against British Muslims from what she termed “racist rhetoric” from the home secretary, Suella Braverman.

Lady Warsi told BBC News that she was concerned about the language used by Braverman about both small boats and grooming gangs.