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Outrage grows after Labour blocks a socialist Muslim candidate from standing
‘I feel a huge injustice has been done not just to me but to our community,’ Faiza Shaheen says
Faiza Shaheen with Jeremy Corbyn during a visit to Chingford, September 28, 2019

OUTRAGE swept through the labour movement and beyond today as Labour’s ruling cabal blocked the candidacy of socialist Muslim woman Faiza Shaheen in the general election.

Coming as the party remained mired in confusion and controversy over the status of Diane Abbott, Britain’s first black woman MP, its right wing doubled down on its racism problem by dropping Ms Shaheen.

A charismatic campaigner, she had been on course to unseat former Tory Party leader Iain Duncan Smith in Chingford & Woodford Green, having cut his majority in 2019, and since been reselected by the local party.

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