Tory councillor Chris Joannides has been expelled from his party after comparing Muslim children wearing burkas to bin[-]bags on Facebook |
A Tory councillor has been expelled from his party after comparing Muslim children wearing burkas to bin[-]bags on Facebook.
Chris Joannides, a councillor for Enfield, in north London, also upset colleagues by complaining that his job as a local councillor was interfering with his social life.
Conservative Central Office has now dropped him as a candidate for the local elections in May and expelled him from the party for 12 months.
The decision comes after Mr Joannides posted a photograph showing a woman and child dressed in the traditional Muslim clothing standing next to two bin[-]bags.
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