was about recruitment statistics for the council – an issue, along with the online abuse, that almost drove Mo to quit because he was “fed up” with the lack of change.
Mo added: “What happens with an ethnic minority councillor or politician is that you are put up to a higher standard.“Anything at all gets put in and you get slaughtered.
Absolutely slaughtered. No matter how innocent a comment you make online, they will jump on it. Last year, I was seriously thinking about throwing in the towel.
You’re under a lot of pressure and I was fed up – fed up with the pressure and fed up with the abuse more than anything else.“This year, I think I broke the back of it.