Keir Starmer Says He Took 'Decisive Action' Against Rochdale Candidate Azhar Ali

Labour’s campaign was thrown into chaos after it was revealed Azhar Ali had said Israel deliberately allowed 1,400 people to be killed on its own soil on October 7.reported Ali said Israel did so in order to give the “green light” to invade of Gaza, when at a meeting of the Lancashire Labour Party.

“There was a fulsome apology. Further information came to light yesterday calling for decisive action, so I took decisive action.”The Leader leader added: “It is a huge thing to withdraw support for a Labour candidate during the course of a by-election. Martin Forde, the lawyer tasked by Starmer back in 2020 to conduct an inquiry into allegations of racism within Labour,

The move is likely to mean Ali will remain the Labour candidate on the ballot paper but the party will not campaign at all.The disarray opens up the prospect of a win for former Labour MP George Galloway, who is standing as the Workers party candidate and campaigning against Labour’s stance on Gaza.

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