Starmer has handled Gaza ‘badly,’ say four in five elected Labour Muslim representatives New survey by Labour Muslim Network shows two-thirds do not believe Muslim representatives are treated equally in the party

June 5, 2025   

(Middle East Eye) A major survey has revealed that 82 percent of Britain’s Muslim Labour MPs, councillors and mayors believe Prime Minister Keir Starmer has handled Israel’s war on Gaza “badly.”

The poll of over 220 elected Muslim representatives by the Labour Muslim Network (LMN) reveals that two-thirds do not believe Muslim representatives are treated equally to others in the Labour party.

Most of them — 64 percent — believe Labour operates a “hierarchy of racism.”

The findings, released on Thursday, indicate widespread discontent among Muslim Labour representatives over the party’s handling of Islamophobia — and a dramatic disjuncture between their views and the Labour government’s policy on Israel.

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