An SNP councillor has been accused of threatening to use his party contacts against a drugs charity after he was asked to leave a media event.

Graham Campbell allegedly told Annemarie Ward, chief executive of Favor (Faces and Voices of Recovery), that there would be consequences and “his people” would withdraw support unless she apologised.

Another councillor who witnessed the altercation claimed Campbell, whose partner is SNP MP Anne McLaughlin, told Ward funding for her charity could be cut. A large part of Favor’s budget comes from the Corra Foundation, which provides grants to support the National Drugs Mission on behalf of the SNP-led Scottish Government.

The threats, which Campbell denied yesterday, were allegedly made after Ward was caught on camera asking him to leave an event at Bluevale Community Centre in Glasgow on Monday.

Ward said: “He threatened me with consequences and when I pressed him on what the consequences were, he said he would get his people to withdraw their support for my campaign. His exact words were: ‘There will be consequences if you don’t apologise’. I said: ‘What sort of consequences?’ He said: ‘I’ll get my people to withdraw support for your campaign’.

“It was sinister and quite menacing. There was four or five people about. One of those who overheard it, and who is from Springburn, said I should watch myself because he knows a lot of people.

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