Candidates were among 40 new self-professed Tory members who shared or ‘liked’ racist or Islamophobic Facebook postsTwo Conservative local election candidates and a woman honoured with an MBE are among 40 new self-professed Tory members who have shared or endorsed racist and inflammatory Facebook posts including Islamophobic material, the Guardian has learned. It comes as the Conservative party faces mounting pressure over its handling of Islamophobia. He told the Guardian: “The serious question the Conservative party has to ask itself is: what is it about the image that it is projecting that causes people with these views to think they belong in the Conservative party? Among the tranche of material are posts shared or endorsed by two Conservative candidates in next month’s elections. Robin Popley endorsed Facebook posts suggesting Sajid Javid was appointed home secretary to secure ‘the ethnic vote’.

Source: The Guardian April 25, 2019 13:38 UTC