Tory councillor apologises for ‘slur’

A Scottish Conservative councillor has apologised for sharing an image comparing Muslim women to patio umbrellas.

Aberdeenshire councillor and deputy provost Ron Mckail is reported to have shared an image of three folded black patio umbrellas on Facebook.

The post from 2016 included the text: “I spent half an hour talking to them, wanting to learn about their culture until the bartender cut me off and told me they were patio umbrellas.”