US comic Jon Stewart described Labour suspending one of its candidates in north-east London as “the dumbest thing The UK has done since electing Boris Johnson”.
Faiza Shaheen, who ran against former Tory leader Iain Duncan-Smith in Chingford and Woodford Green at the last election, is reported to have been suspended by Labour after she allegedly liked a series of posts on X that downplayed antisemitism accusations.
