Labour's candidate in Rochdale "fell for an online conspiracy" that led to his remarks over the 7 October attacks in Israel, a shadow minister has said. Councillor Azhar Ali told a meeting of the Lancashire Labour Party in the wake of the atrocity that Israel deliberately allowed the massacre to go ahead to give it the "green light" to invade Gaza. After his comments were published over the weekend by the Mail On Sunday, he issued an "unreserved" apology, saying they were "deeply offensive, ignorant, and false". He and the Labour Party have faced fierce criticism as a result of...