A second Solihull councillor has been accused of reposting ‘racist’ tweets - including one from former EDL leader Tommy Robinson .

Councillor Jeff Potts , who represents leafy Knowle, is currently under investigation by West Midlands Police after allegedly retweeting offensive and inflammatory anti-Muslim posts.

He has been suspended by his own Conservative group.

Now fellow Solihull councillor Margaret Bassett, who sits on a religious education committee, is the centre of a new controversy after allegedly reposting several ‘anti-immigration’ posts on Twitter.

Margaret Bassett

They include one from former EDL leader Tommy Robinson and another tweet critical of child refugees coming into Britain.

But Cllr Bassett, a Conservative, defended the tweets, saying she wanted ‘to stimulate debate’.

“Some of these issues are so awful that people ought to know that these issues are being discussed,” she said.

“I do think it’s a political witchhunt. I am not anti-Muslim, anti-Jewish or anyone else.”

Former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson addresses a rally in Walsall in September 2012.
Pegida leader Tommy Robinson, at an EDL rally in Walsall in September 2012.

A spokeswoman for Solihull Council said: “A complaint has been received about Councillor Margaret Bassett and this has been passed on to the Council’s Monitoring Officer to be dealt with under the Code of Conduct procedure.”

Last month, there were calls for Coun Potts to resign after he re-tweeted comments made by other individuals such as: “Deport and repatriate all Muslims from the UK or watch terrorists kill innocent people for generations to come.”

Conservative Councillor (Jeff Potts) has been sending and re-tweeting incredibly offensive tweets
Conservative Councillor (Jeff Potts) has been sending and re-tweeting incredibly offensive tweets

He also retweeted: “You’ve clearly not experienced the Pakistani hospitality, having a daughter raped by men who think she’s ‘white trash’.

He was suspended by his own Conservative group after the controversy. The move means he can still attend meetings - but as an independent.

Solihull councillor Ken Hawkins also sparked controversy over the summer by retweeting a photograph of protesters calling for justice over the Grenfell fire tragedy , which left at least 80 dead.

The former mayor then added the caption: “Lets get ourselves a hangin!”

He later apologised.