Residents in Oldham blamed the demise of their town and the cost of living crisis as much as the Gaza protest vote for Labour losing control of their council.
Residents in Oldham have blamed the demise of their town and the cost of living crisis as much as the Gaza protest vote for Labour losing control of their council.
One Labour councillor in the town who lost their Oldham seat told the BBC: 'The main reason for this is Gaza and anger that the Labour Party took too long to call for a ceasefire' . Councillors Nyla Ibrahim and Akhtar Shoab left Labour to sit as independents, reportedly citing Labour's response to Gaza, with councillor Ibrahim re-elected on Thursday.
He said that with 'so many innocent people being killed I'm not surprised people have strong feelings about that'. Student Aisha Tahir, 20, said: 'Most people in my area didn't vote Labour as they have not stood up to Israel.'Labour have been too slow and people are angry with them.'
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