Photograph by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. The party has finally – agonisingly – pulled its support for Azhar Ali after further damaging revelations about the Labour candidate in the Rochdale by-election emerged. On Saturday, the Mail revealed he had said in the autumn that Israel had allowed the 7 October attack in order to give a “green light” to invade Gaza. His swift apology and the threat of George Galloway seemed to secure the leadership’s support, despite tougher punishments for less potent transgressions in the past. The position looked unsustainable: as I wrote yesterday, if Ali was elected then it was...
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