Group links Orlando attack with Brexit referendum

A pro-Brexit campaign has sparked a furious reaction by drawing links between the killing of at least 50 people in a US nightclub and the EU referendum debate.

The post, on the official Twitter account of the Leave.EU campaign, was denounced as “shameful” by cabinet minister Nicky Morgan and “cowardly” by shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.

It contained an image of militants brandishing guns in a desert, with the warning: “Islamist terrorism is a real threat to our way of life. Act now before we see an Orlando-style atrocity here before too long.”