The Muslim Council of Britain has reiterated its call for an inquiry into Islamophobia in the Conservative Party.
A week after VICE exposed a Tory council candidate Darren Harrison who showed support for far-right racist group Generation Identity, he remains suspended, pending the results of an investigation by the party.
Other councillors and council candidates spending time in the purgatorial “suspended, pending investigation” category include Mike Payne, councillor for Sowerby Bridge was suspended on the 4th of April pending investigation after sharing an article which referred to Muslims as "parasites". There's also Hackney council candidate Alexander van Terheyden, who was suspended on 17th April pending "urgent investigation" for his opinions including that the Crusades were “simply a response to Islam spreading through Europe by the sword”. Terheyden claims he is not anti-Muslim, only anti-Islam.
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/7xdy ... ia-problem
Will cost them dear if they don't get to grips with this, what with all types of racism and homophobia rampant in their ranks.