TORY bigotry and extremism put PM Rishi Sunak on the back foot today in rowdy Commons exchanges, as a new survey revealed the extent of the party’s Islamophobia.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer challenged Mr Sunak to repudiate his crazed predecessor Liz Truss, who last week claimed that the “deep state” had sabotaged her premiership and sat silent as Trump aide Steve Bannon praised far-right British activist Tommy Robinson in her presence.

He said Ms Truss “claimed that as prime minister she was sabotaged by the deep state. She also remained silent as Tommy Robinson, that right-wing thug, was described as a hero.

“Why is he allowing her to stand as a Tory MP at the next election?

“At what point did his party give up on governing and become the political wing of the Flat Earth Society?”

Sir Keir also demanded to know if Reform UK chief Nigel Farage would be welcomed back into the Tories.

Mr Sunak’s response, that the Tories had a much better record than Labour of promoting women and black people to leading positions, was undermined by the revelation that more than half the party membership believe Islam threatens the British “way of life.”

The results of the survey of Tory members, carried out for campaign group Hope Not Hate, explains why Mr Sunak and other leading Conservatives have been reluctant to call out former party deputy chair Lee Anderson for “Islamophobia” — the pugnacious and now whipless Mr Anderson speaks for much of the party.

At least the Prime Minister was on firmer ground when he attacked Sir Keir as “spineless, hopeless and utterly shameless.” 

On that, he spoke for most of the electorate.