‘Anti-muslim’ Conservative investigated

The Scottish Conservatives have suspended their candidate in Glasgow Central over allegations that she used “anti-muslim language”.

Support for Flora Scarabello’s campaign has been withdrawn pending an investigation.

Ms Scarabello is alleged to have used anti-muslim language in a recorded telephone conversation, the details of which have not been made public.

A Scottish Conservatives spokesman said: “There is no place in the Scottish Conservatives for antimuslim language, or any other form of racial or religious discrimination.”

At a hustings event in Perth during the Conservative leadership contest, Ms Scarabello is reported to have asked Mr Johnson whether the Prime Minister needed to be a “loyal husband and father”.