Labour PPC Suspended for ‘F**king Israel’ Rant Returns as Council Candidate – Guido Fawkes

Labour PPC Suspended for ‘F**king Israel’ Rant Returns as Council Candidate

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Co-conspirators will recall when Guido revealed a recording of ex-Hyndburn MP Graham Jones furiously ranting about “f**king Israel”, declaring that Britons who fight for the Israeli Defence Forces “should be locked up”. The leak dropped last February as Labour was tying itself in knots over Gaza – accusations of anti-Semitism, pressure to condemn Israel, and calls to suspend arms exports had become a political migraine for Starmer. Jones, who was a Labour PPC at the time, was swiftly suspended…

Now Jones has decided to make a political comeback after he was quietly reinstated to the party last May, standing as the Labour candidate for councillor in Accrington South in Lancashire in the upcoming local elections. Jones proudly declared on Facebook that he was “kindly asked by the national party to stand as the Labour candidate in the upcoming local elections” and that he will be a “strong voice” for the area. No mention of his previous suspension from Labour. Unfortunately for Jones, according to Electoral Calculus’ local election predictions, he’ll likely lose out to Reform this time…