Brexit boss Nigel Farage has lamented that “sectarian politics remain” in the UK, as dozens of Muslim candidates who ran on Gaza’s platform won local elections across the country this week. Ta.
The left-wing Labor Party won clear victories in local council and mayoral elections in the UK on Thursday, leaving Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party struggling, while Muslim voters deserted Labor in favor of a single issue. There are growing concerns that the government may support candidates in the
according to analysis by telegraph paper In areas with the highest proportions of Muslim voters, such as Blackburn, Bradford, Pendle, Oldham and Manchester, Labour’s support fell by an average of 25 points.
Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer’s attempts to distance himself and his party from the anti-Semitism scandal that plagued his socialist predecessor Jeremy Corbyn have traditionally been a key voting bloc for Labour. The party has sacrificed its Muslim voters, many of whom left the party in 2019. An advantage for independent candidates whose campaigns center on the Gaza conflict.
Commenting on the changing political situation in the UK, Brexiteer Nigel Farage said: “Gaza hasn’t held a democratic election in nearly 20 years, but in Gaza, votes are being held in British towns and cities.” ” he said. What a terrible thing we have allowed ourselves to become. ”
“Sectarian politics is here to stay. We now have an Islamic vote in the UK, which will cause Labor a huge headache over the next 10 years,” Farage added.
In a highly symbolic moment, Mohsin Ali, the Green Party candidate for the Gipton and Harehills seat on Leeds City Council, shouted “Allah Akbar” in front of a Palestinian flag during a victory celebration. He was filmed declaring the election a “victory for the Palestinian people.” People of Gaza.”
Mr Ali said voters were “fed up” with Labor, adding: “We will not be silenced. We will raise the voice of Gaza. We will raise the voice of Palestine. Allah Akbar!”
I have been predicting sectarian politics in Britain for some time.
Now, here’s what I’d like everyone to see. pic.twitter.com/f4q4a0zDhk
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) May 4, 2024
Separately in Walsall, Naheed Zohra Gultasib, who left Labor in November in protest at Sir Keir Starmer’s reluctance to call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, won his seat in Pleck. I managed to keep it.
“This is for Gaza, this is for Palestine,” Gurtasib said. “You showed me [Labour] They don’t take your vote for granted. ”
according to telegraph paperAcross nine local authorities with a Muslim population of 15 per cent or more, Labor lost 18 seats, while independent parties gained 18 seats in the same areas. In Shearbrough and Corporation Park, a borough of Blackburn with an 83 per cent Muslim population, Labour’s support has fallen alarmingly from 91 per cent of the local vote in 2021 to just 27 per cent this week.
The success of Gaza-specific candidates in local elections follows British Labor’s veteran left-wing populist campaigner George Galloway, who won a parliamentary seat in the Rochdale by-election on a pro-Palestinian platform. Galloway’s British Labor Party won four seats on Thursday, leading with two in Rochdale, one in Calderdale and one in Manchester, according to the BBC. report.
James Johnson, co-founder of JL Partners and former Downing Street pollster, said “we are beginning to see signs of a realignment of British politics” where Muslims are “a very different issue for the general public”.
Mr Johnson comes at a time when a recent survey carried out by think tank JL Partners for the Henry Jackson Society found that one in four British Muslims said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was their top electoral issue. In contrast, he emphasized that this was only 3% of the UK population as a whole.
It remains unclear how much of an impact this will have on Labor’s prospects of winning the next general election, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying: He will be the next prime minister. Combining these two may not have a huge impact in terms of seating capacity. ”
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