Editing Gerald Howarth (section)

=== Race relations ===
In 1999, Howarth questioned the conclusion of the [[Macpherson report]] (into Stephen Lawrence's death) that the Metropolitan police are "institutionally racist" as "a grotesque over-reaction."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/323879.stm|title=Straw tells of Lawrence report impact|date=20 April 1999|work=BBC News|access-date=26 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030305093035/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/323879.stm|archive-date=5 March 2003|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, he said about Muslims: "If they don't like our way of life, there is a simple remedy: go to another country, get out. There are plenty of other countries whose way of life would appear to be more conducive to what they aspire to. They would be happy and we would be happy".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/muslims-who-hate-us-can-get-out-says-tory-1-727059 |title=Muslims who hate us can get out, says Tory |work=The Scotsman |date=3 August 2005 |access-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922135547/https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/muslims-who-hate-us-can-get-out-says-tory-1-727059 |archive-date=22 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After [[British Airways]] in November 2006 indicated that a member of its check-in staff would not be permitted to display a cross over her uniform, Howarth announced his decision to boycott the [[flag carrier]] and said that "the idea that somehow it has become unacceptable to demonstrate that (Christian) faith is bizarre...the cross is a modest symbol. It is not an aggressive or provocative gesture... it is a quiet demonstration of faith".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23375379-details/Second%20minister%20to%20boycott%20BA%20in%20growing%20row%20over%20Christian%20worker/article.do|title=Second minister to boycott BA in growing row over Christian worker|date=21 November 2006|work=[[London Evening Standard|Evening Standard]]|access-date=7 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505074811/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23375379-details/Second%20minister%20to%20boycott%20BA%20in%20growing%20row%20over%20Christian%20worker/article.do|archive-date=5 May 2008}}</ref>

In August 2014, he warned about the dangers of immigration to Britain as he perceives them in a leaked e-mail to a constituent and declared that [[Enoch Powell]] was right in his anti-immigration [[Rivers of Blood speech|"rivers of blood" speech]] in April 1968: "Clearly, the arrival of so many people of non-Christian faith has presented a challenge, as so many of us, including the late Enoch Powell, warned decades ago".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-mp-gerald-howarth-says-enoch-powell-was-right-in-notorious-rivers-of-blood-speech-9693849.html|title=Tory MP Gerald Howarth says Enoch Powell 'was right' in notorious Rivers of Blood speech|date=27 August 2014|work=The Independent|location=London|access-date=27 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828051935/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-mp-gerald-howarth-says-enoch-powell-was-right-in-notorious-rivers-of-blood-speech-9693849.html|archive-date=28 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>