Suspended Labour candidate wins in Lancashire
Some real characters being elected today. Remember Azhar Ali? He was dropped as Labour's candidate in the Rochdale by-election last year after he was recorded claiming that Israel 'allowed' the 7 October massacre, and making dark insinuations about 'Jewish quarters' of the media…
Well, Mr Ali (these days an independent) has just been re-elected by the clement people of Lancashire in the ward of Nelson East. He was voted in, too, with a very healthy majority of 874. Result!
And then there's Maheen Kamran. She's an 18-year-old aspiring medical student who has just been elected by the good men and women of Burnley Central East with a majority of 268 votes.
Who is she? Well, Kamran ran on the interesting platform of wanting the end of 'free mixing' in public spaces…
'Muslim women,' she explained to PoliticsHome, 'aren't really comfortable with being involved with Muslim men. I'm sure we can have segregated areas, segregated gyms, where Muslim women don't have to sacrifice their health.
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