THE councillor at the centre of the Israeli football fans ban is a friend of the favourite to be Labour’s next deputy leader. Waseem Zaffar is campaigning for Lucy Powell to become Sir Keir Starmer’s No2 and presented her with a birthday cake covered in hearts just days ago. The Sun on Sunday can also reveal that Mr Zaffar stepped down as Birmingham Council’s equalities chief in 2017 after allegations he tried to pressure a school into letting a four-year-old girl wear a hijab. Last night, Labour faced fresh calls to strip the Birmingham Labour councillor of the party whip....