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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil

Starmer's judgement under fire over delay in withdrawing support for Rochdale candidate after anti-Israel rant

Sir Keir Starmer’s judgement came under fire over the delay in withdrawing support for Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali after his anti-Israel rant.

Mr Ali was recorded suggesting in a meeting of the Lancashire Labour Party that Israel had allowed the October 7 Hamas slaughter of more than 1,200 citizens as a pretext to invade Gaza.

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