Wales (Cymru)

A woman who campaigns for justice for those who died unnecessarily during the pandemic has robustly denied that holding Vaughan Gething to account can be construed as motivated by racism.

Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees was responding to a statement issued by the Welsh Labour BAME [Black and Minority Ethnic] Committee, which said: “For so many BAME people in Wales, the last few weeks will have been disturbing, unsettling and yet very familiar.

“In the Welsh media the treatment of Vaughan Gething has gone well beyond what one can reasonably call fair scrutiny … We fully endorse thorough political scrutiny from a free press and from an active political community. However, we feel that this scrutiny in recent weeks has crossed a line between fair examination and racially influenced attitudes and judgements, with a Black person being held to a higher standard.”