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March 1, 2024
Politics
UK

Muslim Man Arrested For Threatening to Kill UK Politician.

A Muslim man was arrested in the United Kingdom this week after allegedly making threats against a by-election candidate due to the politician’s support for Israel. The target of the alleged threats was Simon Danczuk, one of 11 candidates running for a parliament seat in Rochdale following the death of the former MP Sir Tony Lloyd of the Labour Party.

The alleged threats were made in a video message referring to Danczuk, also formerly associated with Labour, as a “white devil” and promising to harm him physically in retaliation for his pro-Israel stance. The Greater Manchester Police received the video on Monday, and subsequent investigations led to the arrest of a 23-year-old Muslim man on Tuesday.

Danczuk had added “Vote for Rochdale not Gaza” as a tagline on his campaign flyer, which the man in the video found offensive. The ReformUK candidate said that he would now require the presence of two security personnel for the remainder of the campaign.

“They stopped me from speaking at a hustings meeting, I’m receiving death threats, and now we’ve got to have security personnel as a candidate going round in an election,” said Danczuk, before adding: “I’ve been doing politics for 35 years and I’ve never known it. It’s outrageous. This isn’t how British politics should work.”

The National Pulse previously reported that the Labour Party pulled support for their candidate, Azhar Ali, in the same by-election. Ali, a former government adviser, claimed Israel allowed the October 7th Hamas terrorist attacks to happen as a pretense to invade Gaza.

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A Muslim man was arrested in the United Kingdom this week after allegedly making threats against a by-election candidate due to the politician's support for Israel. The target of the alleged threats was Simon Danczuk, one of 11 candidates running for a parliament seat in Rochdale following the death of the former MP Sir Tony Lloyd of the Labour Party. show more
February 14, 2024
William Upton
UK

Leftist Candidate Loses Party Backing for Claiming Israel Allowed Oct 7 Terror Attack.

The UK Labour Party is pulling support for their party’s candidate standing in the Rochdale by-election following revelations he believes Israel allowed the October 7th Hamas terrorist attacks to happen as a pretense to invade Gaza. Azhar Ali, a former government adviser, was named as the Labour candidate last month — contesting a seat left open by the death of Sir Tony Lloyd.

“The Egyptians are saying that they warned Israel ten days earlier… Americans warned them a day before [that] there’s something happening,” Mr. Ali told a meeting of the Lancashire Labour Party before continuing: “They deliberately took the security off, they allowed… that massacre that gives them the green light to do whatever they bloody want.” Mr. Ali went on to voice his displeasure with Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer: “A lot of the MPs I’ve spoken to, non-Muslim MPs, feel that on this issue, he’s lost the confidence of the parliamentary party.”

Following the revelation of Mr. Ali’s comments, groups like Labour Against Antisemitism (LAAS) pushed Labour Party leaders to suspend his candidacy and party membership. Mr. Ali tried to soften the criticism, calling his remarks “deeply offensive, ignorant and false” in a public apology.

Despite Mr. Ali’s attempts to retract his conspiracy theory, Labour‘s leader, Sir Keir Starmer, withdrew official party support for the candidate on Monday. In announcing the move, a Labour Party spokesperson alluded to additional controversial comments made by Mr. Ali, which had not yet been made public: “Following new information about further comments made by Azhar Ali coming to light today, the Labour Party has withdrawn its support for Azhar Ali as our candidate in the Rochdale by-election.”

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The UK Labour Party is pulling support for their party's candidate standing in the Rochdale by-election following revelations he believes Israel allowed the October 7th Hamas terrorist attacks to happen as a pretense to invade Gaza. Azhar Ali, a former government adviser, was named as the Labour candidate last month — contesting a seat left open by the death of Sir Tony Lloyd. show more