(BBC) Two Tory councillors have quit after being accused of sharing Islamophobic posts on social media.
Len Milner and Chris Smith, who sit on East Staffordshire council, “liked” a cartoon posted on Facebook depicting a mock beheading of Labour’s Sadiq Khan.
Mr Milner said he had been cleared of wrongdoing by the council but had quit to avoid upsetting the party.
It comes amid claims that the party has “buried its head in the sand” over the extent of Islamophobia in its ranks.
Ex-Tory chairwoman Baroness Warsi has claimed senior officials ignored her warnings about the prevalence of anti-Muslim prejudice and Theresa May had failed to get to grips with the issue.
