Tory councillors refuse to campaign for next month's EU elections

The polling station at Market Hall in Swadlincote, Derbyshire.Photograph: Rui Vieira/PAA group of Conservative councillors is refusing to campaign for the party in European elections in a protest against the government’s failure to leave the European Union.Tories from Derbyshire county council have written to the party’s headquarters saying they will not deliver leaflets or canvass for the party’s candidates next month.Councillor Barry Lewis, the leader of the council and the g