Islamaphobe? I’m just fighting political correctness

A radio host accused of trolling a Muslim politician with islamaphobic tweets and emails has told a jury he wanted to cause ‘a little bit of mild irritation’ in his ongoing battle against political correctness. Timothy Burton, 64, allegedly branded Fiyaz Mughal OBE a ‘mendacious grievance-mongering taqqiya-artist-in-chief’ in a series of emails last April. Burton described Islam as a ‘backwards, misogynistic, seventh-century’ ideology in one of the six messages and said ‘let’s stick it’ to Mr Mughal. The radio presenter…