‘The people of Rochdale have been let down’ by Labour’s handling of the Rochdale by-election, Andy Burnham has said. The Greater Manchester Mayor, speaking on BBC Radio Manchester on Thursday (February 15) also said he was ‘stunned’ to ‘read the comments’ of his party’s candidate, Azhar Ali. He was recorded on February 11 making comments at a meeting suggesting Israel allowed its citizens to be killed to give it the go-ahead to invade Gaza. After they came to light, Labour leadership initially stood by their man, who took the nomination in the by-election as leader of Lancashire County Council. However,...
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