Labour Withdraws Support for Candidate Who Claimed Israel Allowed Attacks

Published on February 13, 2024

The Labour Party has withdrawn support for Rochdale byelection candidate Azhar Ali, who had claimed that Israel had allowed Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks to happen as a pretext to invade Gaza. Initially, Labour stood by Mr. Ali, who had apologised for making the remarks recorded during a meeting of the Lancashire Labour Party. Shadow minister without portfolio Nick Thomas-Symonds had told BBC Radio 4’s “Today” programme on Monday that he was “shocked and appalled” by Mr. Ali’s remarks, but that he believed the candidate when he said that he had fallen for an “online conspiracy theory.” However, a Labour Party spokesperson announced on Monday evening: “Following new information about further comments made by Azhar Ali coming to light today, the Labour Party has withdrawn its support for Azhar Ali as our candidate in the Rochdale by-election....

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