This initial treatment costs 350,000 naira ($205; £165).

"I sincerely apologise for any offence this has caused," she said.Ms Jones' Senedd colleague, Tory MS Natasha Asghar said she was "positively livid" and "embarrassed" by Ms Jones' use of the racist term.

Ms Asghar, who represents the same region as Ms Jones, added: "Language like this is unacceptable at every level".In the meantime two Conservative MSs have told BBC Wales that Ms Jones should lose the whip and be removed from the Conservative group.The Welsh Conservative Party has declined to comment.

Ms Jones has represented South Wales East for the Tories in the Senedd since July 2020.as the party's culture spokesperson, after texts from her phone appeared to show an employee was asked to maximise expenses claims.

In the WhatsApp exchange about TikTok, first revealed by the news website Nation.Cymru, a message from Ms Jones says: "No chinky spies for me!"

It is unclear when the message was sent.Over the summer, voters rejected Liberal candidates in a handful of special elections in once-safe Liberal seats, leading to the beginning of internal party unrest.

He had become an increasingly polarising figure for the electorate - with Trudeau saying on Monday "it's time for a reset" and for the "temperature to come down" in Canadian politics.Andrew Perez, a principal at Perez Strategies, said it will be a challenge now for the Liberals to distance themselves from the Trudeau brand.

"That was a major aspect of their success - but that worked until it didn't," the Liberal strategist told the BBC.Public opinion polls for the Liberals had reached new depths in recent weeks, and attempts to change course with cabinet shuffles and tax breaks failed to make a dent.