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Starmer has handled Gaza 'badly' say four in five elected Muslim representatives
5 June 2025 12:01 BST
A 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", a major new survey has found.
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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