Conservative Party
Paul Scully has been condemned by a Conservative mayor and a minister.
But a government minister said he lost the Tory whip for "anti-Muslim hatred".
The former Tory deputy chairman said it would be "a sign of weakness".
Paul Scully made the remark moments after calling for a more "sensible use of language".
She's not the first Tory politician to fall victim to X's community notes.
The PM did not enjoy his grilling on BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
But the deputy PM said yesterday that the former Tory deputy chairman lost the whip because he refused to apologise for his remarks about Sadiq Khan
It was a question Mark Harper faced repeatedly when speaking to broadcasters this morning.
The Sky presenter said voters did not know what the party stands for any more.
He said the PM "has a responsibility to stop this slide into ever more toxic rhetoric".