after it emerged he made anti semitic comments apparently in a local meeting. the conservatives say it shows labour is unfit for government . labour say that sir keir starmer took a swift decision in withdrawing backing for mr ali. our political correspondent peter saull has the story. this is azhar ali, he was until recently expected to become the next labour mp for rochdale. the election was expected to be a slam dunk for labour but what happened here in april caused fury, he said israel allowing the hamas attacks that killed 1200 people and killed spot the following conflict. labour said it was standing by its man until a recording apparently from the same meeting emerged and in it he discusses the treatment of the mp andy mcdonald who was suspended by the labour party for an alleged anti semitic remark. that was the final straw in the labour party has withdrawn its support. labour party has withdrawn its su ort. ~ ,, . labour party has withdrawn its su ort. ~ ,, ., ,
somewhere. good morning. it s tuesday, the 13th of february. labour has withdrawn support for its rochdale by election candidate over comments he made about israel. it is too late for the party to replace azhar ali, meaning he ll remain on the ballot. the party had spent much of monday defending its previous decision to stand by him. our political correspondent ben wright has this report. energy costs up, familiesjuggling bills. he was labour s candidate in rochdale, and only yesterday the party was still defending its decision to back him. but now the daily mail has published more comments azhar ali made to a meeting of labour members last autumn, in which he apparently blamed people in the media from certainjewish quarters for fuelling criticism of a pro palestinian labour mp. i understand these latest remarks are what prompted labour to pull their support from mr ali s campaign last night. since we said that, new information and more comments have come to light, which m
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president biden ordered to down the object. is it a fair take away the pentagon regrets not taking down the first balloon before crossing across the u.s.? i can tell you the president doesn t regret the way we handled the first balloon. the general area would be just off the very, very northeastern part of alaska. it was an object, let me just clarify, i m not classifying it as a balloon. it s an object and we re trying to learn more from it. laura: kirby s confusing, incomplete and inconvenient act of the object is par for the course. no one knows what to believe. if you love watching car racing, you know that it is never pretty when this happens. unfortunately for us, when biden s wheels come off, it s america that breaks apart. more than any other week than the deadly afghanistan withdraw, this past one has been one where things seem to be karineing out of control. if biden thought that sending an f22 to shoot down that spy balloon was going to help course correct, h