MEDIA WALES Sue White has quit Labour Cardiff

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Sue White, councillor for Llandaff North in Cardiff, claims she faced “bullying” and “racial discrimination” by her ex-colleagues in the party. In an explosive statement, she said: "There is a culture of bullying in the Cardiff council Labour group which has been allowed to go unchecked for far too long. "I myself have experienced it when I was the group secretary and, most recently, when I defended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMA)."

MEDIA WALES The Labour councillor says she was sickened

I was sickened to the pit of my stomach

Ms White said she has become “extremely concerned at what I see as prejudice” against the group, who have faced decades of violent persecution by religious hardliners across the world. In Cardiff, the group called for Muslims to “speak out against violence and help spread the peaceful message of the Koran”. She claims colleagues warned her not to attend events hosted by AMA, including an Eid dinner hosted by the group in County Hall, because of unfounded allegations they were linked to the barbaric Islamic State (ISIS). She told Wales Online: “I told the colleague that it was completely unacceptable to make allegations of that nature and attended the event. “I met forceful opposition when I proposed a group motion merely stating that I had sought police advice and there was no valid reason for councillors not attending events such as the Eid dinner.

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MEDIA WALES Llandaff North candidate Sue White with fellow Labour councillor Dilwar AliIn

“To put it mildly, I was sickened to the pit of my stomach that I encountered such heated resistance to my motion and that not one fellow member at the meeting supported my defence of a group which has been cruelly persecuted in other parts of the world. “The motion was not passed. I feel that the treatment I received that night constituted bullying.” Ms White was the only councillor in Cardiff to attend the event, despite the others apparently accepting their invitations. A spokeswoman for Cardiff Labour Party denied that the party had refused to defend the Ahmadiyya.

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