Preston's Labour Party has been warned not to take the support of Muslim voters for granted, amid mounting anger about the national leadership’s stance on the war in Gaza.
More than 150 members of the Muslim community gathered for a public meeting on Thursday evening to present their concerns to councillors from the ruling Labour group on Preston City Council. The event was promoted with the poser, ‘Are Muslims done with Labour?’ - and one of the organisers told the Lancashire Post that the answer was likely to be ‘yes’ unless the local party did more to reflect the views of those who vote for it.
However, he stressed that the ruling group at the town hall had not been ignoring the issue, but having “intense talks” about how to respond to a fast-moving situation. “The Labour group has been talking about it constantly and discussing how to represent our constituents - and was one of the first Labour groups in the country to ask for a ceasefire,” Cllr Rawlinson said.
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