Second Labour candidate suspended as Starmer insists party ‘has changed’
A second Labour parliamentary candidate has been suspended over remarks about Israel, only a day after Sir Keir Starmer’s party withdrew support for its Rochdale by-election candidate.
Audio emerged on Tuesday that appeared to show former Labour MP Graham Jones use the words “f****** Israel” at the same meeting that led to the withdrawal of support for Rochdale’s Azhar Ali, while also allegedly suggesting that British people who volunteer to fight with the Israeli Defence Forces should be “locked up”.
The Hyndburn candidate is understood to have been administratively suspended from the party, pending an investigation, following the report from website Guido.
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