The two councillors in Oldham have defected
Two sitting councillors in Oldham have made a last-minute decision to split from the Labour party ahead of local elections over the party's Gaza policy. Councillor Nyla Ibrahim, who last year became elected as the Labour candidate in Werneth, will now run as an Independent.
Both councillors have publicly expressed condemnation of Labour leader Keir Starmer's response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where over 30 thousand Palestinians have been killed following the October 7 attacks in Israel by Hamas. Coun Ibrahim claims that she was banned from printing a text about Gaza in her campaign leaflet, which led to her decision to go independent.
The Oldham Labour Group did not refute the allegations about the leaflet. But they insisted the group had "stood in solidarity" with innocent civilians in Gaza and those taken hostage on 7th October, calling for a ceasefire during a motion last year. Couns Akhtar and Ibrahim are reportedly joined by a number of Werneth ward officers, who have also left Labour.
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