Equality watchdog attacks Boris Johnson's 'inflammatory' remarks

EHRC says it has no powers to investigate MP’s ‘divisive’ comments about burqaThe equalities watchdog has branded Boris Johnson’s comments on the burqa “inflammatory and divisive”, but said it has no powers to launch an investigation.The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it had received a complaint from a member of the public about Johnson’s controversial article in the Daily Telegraph, but its remit extended to breaches of equality law, s