Islamophobia in the UK Conservative Party (2016–present) Islamophobia in the UK Conservative Party (2016–present) Allegations of Islamophobia in the UK Conservative Party have been made in the 21st century. This has increased under the premierships of David Cameron and Theresa May. Allegations have been made by senior politicians, from both the "liberal" and "conservative" wings of the party including: Bob Blackman, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Zac Goldsmith. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, former co-chair of the Conservative Party, said in 2018 that anti-Muslim prejudice had "poisoned" the party. Warsi called on party leader Theresa May to condemn it, arguing she had spent over two years trying but failing
History of the Conservative Party (UK) Bonar Law, who had been persuaded by friends and allies to return to lead the party. The Irish Unionist Alliance collapsed in 1922, and the conservative movement in Northern Ireland was taken up by its successor there, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). The UUP MPs would take the Conservative whip at Westminster until 1972. After winning the election of 1922, Bonar Law, terminally ill, resigned in May 1923. Though holding a majority in government, the Tories were still split, as many of those who stayed to the bitter end of the former coalition had refused to take office in Law's