Jas and Jess

At Ilford South, the Labour Party removed Sam Tarry as its parliamentary candidate because he had supported a strike, and replaced him with Jas Athwal, who rented out flats with black mould and with ant infestations.

Athwal was the Leader of the local council, so it is inconceivable that no one knew that he was also a slum landlord. The Labour Party actively preferred a slum landlord to a trade unionist.

Meanwhile, Jess Phillips has made the ridiculous and offensive claim that she had been given priority in hospital treatment because of her support for a ceasefire in Gaza. As much as anything else, far from her being known for such support, that issue very nearly cost her her seat. Her latest remarks give aid and succour to the recent rioters.

Phillips should be sacked as a Minister, she and Athwal should both lose the Labour whip, and Athwal, at least, should be expelled from the Labour Party for having brought it into disrepute. Obviously, none of those things is going to happen. Do not vote Labour.