Conservatives defend linking Muslim London mayor to extremism

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Efforts by the ruling Conservative party to link the new Mayor of London to Muslim extremism during campaigning for the capital's election were just part of the "rough and tumble" of politics, a senior MP said on Saturday. As politicians from all sides lined up to condemn his party's tactics in the mayoral race won by Sadiq Khan, the son of Pakistani immigrants and the first Muslim to hold the job, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon refused to apologise. "In the r