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Gaza independents seize Labour seats
Then shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth speaking at a press conference at IET London, in central London, on the Conservative Party tax and spend plans ahead of their General Election manifesto launch on Tuesday, June 10, 2024

SOLIDARITY with Palestine received a powerful parliamentary boost with the election of four pro-Gaza independents to the Commons at the expense of Labour.

In a development that exceeded expectations and was not picked up by national opinion polls, rage at Labour’s complicity in the Gaza genocide not only elected four MPs but was narrowly missed in several other constituencies.

The most dramatic result was in Leicester South, where Shockat Adam defeated shadow cabinet member Jonathan Ashworth by about 1,000 votes. 

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