City councillor Ayoub Khan has quit the Liberal Democrats after claiming he was told he could only be their MP candidate for Perry Barr if he agreed to 'hush up' over Gaza. Khan, a barrister, says he could not agree to allow party officials to vet any comments or videos he made relating to the Palestine cause as a condition of his candidacy. Doing so would 'undermine my integrity and independence as a people's representative', claimed Khan today as he announced he would instead stand as an Independent. He believes he has the personal backing to unseat sitting Labour MP...