Azhar Ali row [newspaper article] : Labour withdraw from by-election
Macpherson Jon
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Labour has withdrawn its support for Lancashire's Azhar Ali as the Rochdale by-election candidate following criticism of remarks he made about Israel. Mr Ali, a Lancashire County Councillor who represents Nelson East, had apologised after he was recorded suggesting in a meeting of the Lancashire Labour Party that Israel had taken the October 7 Hamas assault as a pretext to invade Gaza.
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Rochdale Observer, Saturday, 17 February 2024, p. 2
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English
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1/2 page to page
Article type:
News article
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Illustrations
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4094530