UK's Rochdale candidate loses Labour Party backing over antisemitic remarks but remains on ballot
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The UK's Rochdale candidate for Parliament Azhar Ali was suspended from the Labour Party after more antisemitic comments came to light.
Ali, who was selected as the Labour candidate last month, apologized, and senior Labour figures called the comments "totally unacceptable," but the party did not immediately suspend him. After increasing pressure, however, Labour said Monday that while it was too late to replace Ali on the ballot, the party had "withdrawn its support" for him. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
"We understand that these are highly unusual circumstances, but it is vital that any candidate put forward by Labour fully represents its aims and values," the party said in a statement.
The Daily Mail published a longer recording Monday in which Ali is allegedly heard blaming "people in the media from certain Jewish quarters" for Andy McDonald's suspension last year.
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