Well, last night I said I found it extraordinary that Azhar Ali still had the confidence and support of the Labour Party.
I couldn't imagine any other party keeping somebody who'd said what he'd said.
I mean the idea that the Israeli government would allow massacre of their of their own people is quite beyond the realms.
But there we are. That was what he said initially.
Nigel Farage says Labour 'can't afford' to change completely, despite Keir Starmer's best efforts
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The Labour Party supported him. But the Daily Mail went to Starmer yesterday with yet more from that speech.
But today Starmer decided what about last night? But today Starmer said this.
“Those comments were appalling and that is why we took decisive action.
“It is virtually unprecedented to withdraw support for a candidate in the way that I withdrew support for this candidate yesterday.
“That's what a changed Labour Party is all about. And of course any allegation will be fully investigated by the party. But the important thing is the decisive action that's been taken to make it absolutely clear that this is a changed Labour Party.”
This is a changed Labour Party. But that's not what Rishi Sunak thought when he spoke to GB News's People's Forum last night.
Starmer has sought to rid the party of antisemitism
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Labour candidate for Rochdale, Azhar Ali, has apologisedGETTY“The Labour Party hasn't changed. It's not change. It's a con. And that's what you have to remember.
“A vote for anyone who's not me, who's not your Conservative candidate, is a vote to put him with his values and his party in power.”
Well, I have to say I think to be honest and I've said this for a long time, that I do believe that Starmer’s main achievement has been to try to neutralise and drive out the very, very hard left to make the Labour Party far less scary.
And goodness me, it began of course with Jeremy Corbyn, who can't stand as a candidate.
Diane Abbott was suspended for saying Irish people, Jews and travellers did not experience racism and the list goes on and on.
But has the Labour Party changed? Well, you know what?
It has changed a bit.
But it can't afford to change completely because my view is, if they were to suspend and get rid of everybody that was deeply critical of Israel, I think there wouldn't be almost anybody left in the modern day Labour Party.
