Welsh councillor resigns after saying ‘all Tories should be shot’

Anglesey deputy leader apologises for comment condemned as ‘appalling’ by area’s Conservative MP

The deputy leader of a Welsh council has stepped down after saying during a meeting that “all Tories should be shot”.

Ieuan Williams, an independent councillor in Anglesey, north Wales, has apologised since making the comment on Monday morning and referred himself to the council’s standards committee.