(National-UAE) Pro-Palestinian candidates scored shock wins in the UK general election, as Britain’s new Labour government suffered a startling loss of support in heavily Muslim areas.
Independent candidate Shockat Adam declared “this is for Gaza” as he unseated Labour front-bencher Jonathan Ashworth in Leicester South.
The former ultra-safe Labour seat of Blackburn backed independent candidate Adnan Hussain, who described his victory as a “protest vote on the back of a genocide.”
Iqbal Mohamed, an independent who made a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war a key focus of his campaign, was elected in Dewsbury and Batley.
