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Former Islington mayor quits Labour party over racism

Former Islington mayor quits Labour party over racism

Somalia-born Rakhia Ismail resigns saying she was marginalised in a ‘system that allows white men to have what they want’

The UK’s first hijab-wearing mayor has resigned from the Labour party citing racism and a “system that allows white men to have what they want, when they want”.

Somalia-born Rakhia Ismail said she had stepped down because she felt she was marginalised as a woman of colour and was not taken seriously by some male colleagues.

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