An outgoing Labour councillor in Nottingham says the party's expulsion of Hassan Ahmed is an 'attack on democracy'. Mr Ahmed, who served three terms on Nottingham City Council during a political career beginning in 1987, was thrown out of Labour in March.
Mr Ahmed said he was expelled from the party due to his name appearing on a 2018 petition organised by a group called Labour Against The Witch Hunt, a group which the party banned in 2021. The petition, taking the form of an open letter to Labour's national leader at the time, Jeremy Corbyn, said the party should "thoroughly investigate the attempts instigated by an Israeli agent to infiltrate and subvert [Labour]."
But Mr Ahmed denies he personally signed this petition and says he has never been a member of Labour Against The Witch Hunt. He instead says the real reason reason he was thrown out of Labour was because of his intention to launch a leadership challenge in the event of the party retaining control of Nottingham after the May 4 elections.
