Another day, another drama. Labour has been thrown back into the spotlight after deselected candidate Faiza Shaheen today announced her resignation from Sir Keir’s party in a rather scathing — and detailed — Twitter post.
Shaheen was originally the selected for the Chingford and Woodford Green seat — but just last week, the left-wing candidate was ditched by party apparatchiks after reportedly liking social media posts that downplayed accusations of antisemitism. Hauled to a meeting with the party’s NEC, Shaheen was quizzed over her social media conduct before being dropped by Starmer’s army. The ex-candidate has certainly not kept quiet about her disappointment, lambasting Labour on BBC Newsnight last week: ‘Honestly I’m so shocked right now to be treated this badly.’
And her anger didn’t appear to wane much over the weekend. On Saturday, a fuming Shaheen took to Twitter after Labour campaigners came to her door with leaflets promoting her replacement, Shama Tatler.
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