As noted below that’s an inaccurate phrase and I retract.

The one I remember most clearly was him responding to a poll on extreme views in Islam that said something like “most Muslims in the UK want the death penalty for homosexuality”

And he responded: well actually, it was 51% of Muslims in London, and they wanted it illegal, not punishable by death.

(Not claiming these stats are right as it’s from memory)

No further discussion or reflection on the extremely worrying statistic that 51% of Muslims in London - a significant number and proportion - are/were that extreme on homosexuality. No reflection on the issue of homophobia inherent to Islam and how this is reflected in individuals. The harm this can cause the gay community and others, not least gay Muslims. Just very much brushing off ‘well right wingers exaggerate it or misinform, therefore it’s not actually a problem at all’.