Labour: We check our would-be MPs
The Herald|February 15, 2024
LABOUR has insisted that there are "strong checks" on would-be MPs, after a second parliamentary candidate was suspended over remarks about Israel.
Labour: We check our would-be MPs

Sir Keir Starmer's party has been pitched into a row about the handling of antisemitism allegations, with parliamentary candidate Graham Jones suspended on Tuesday, only a day after Labour was forced to suspend and withdraw its backing for Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali.

It came after audio, obtained by website Guido Fawkes, appeared to show the former Labour MP use the words "f****** Israel" at the same meeting Mr Ali attended, while also allegedly suggesting that British people who volunteer to fight with the Israel Defence Forces should be "locked up"

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