Labour antisemitism row: What happens after candidate loses support and what does it mean for Starmer?
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Labour Party is facing a crisis in Rochdale as Sir Keir Starmer pulled his support from his own candidate over a series of remarks made about Israel and Hamas’s 7 October attack. Starmer initially stood by Mr Ali - but on Monday night, the party said support for the candidate had been withdrawn after “new information about further comments” he had made. open image in gallery Labour has withdrawn its support for its Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali The Rochdale by-election was called after the death of Rochdale Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd, who had held the seat since 2017, and won at the last general election in 2019 with a majority of 9,700. open image in gallery George Galloway is the bookmakers’ favourite to win the by-election for his Workers Party of Britain Which way could it go and what will it mean for Sir Keir Starmer?
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