Labour leader under pressure over claims Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali’s remarks went unchallenged at event
Keir Starmer is under pressure to suspend councillors who attended a meeting in Hyndburn over claims that they failed to call out antisemitic remarks by Azhar Ali, the former Labour candidate for the Rochdale byelection.
On Tuesday, Labour suspended Graham Jones, the candidate for Hyndburn in Lancashire, less than 24 hours after the party withdrew its support from Ali over remarks he made at a meeting in Hyndburn when he repeated conspiracy theories about Israel’s attack on Gaza and complained about the influence of “certain Jewish quarters” in the media.
