Chritian Holliday, right, with Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, is seeking support for a change to the Victorian Treason Felony Act Not knownA Conservative councillor has been suspended after he set up a parliamentary petition calling for support for EU membership to be regarded as treason. Christian Holliday, who sits on Guildford borough council, is seeking an amendment to the Victorian-era Treason Felony Act to make it illegal to “imagine, devise, promote, work or encourage others” with opinions that put Brexit “at risk”. Paul Spooner, the Conservative leader of the council, announced on social media that he had suspended a member from the local Conservative group and described the petition as “illogical nonsense”. The petition proposes a law change to take effect…

Source: The Times October 17, 2016 10:52 UTC