A councillor is suing the Labour party after she was removed from the shortlist to become the party’s mayoral candidate in Liverpool, along with two other female councillors. She is black and believes having a black mayor would be “tremendous” for representation in the multicultural city. Rothery was barred from running to be the city mayor two weeks ago when the Labour party suddenly had a change of heart about all three women it had originally selected. It was filed on Thursday against David Evans, the general secretary of the Labour party. She also put out a statement noting that she had spent her career calling out racism wherever she saw it, including in the Labour party, but didn’t believe that it played a role.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2021 16:35 UTC