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Two years ago, Salma Yaqoob ran against me in Bradford West, a campaign that drove me to feeling suicidal. Now she wants to run for West Midlands Metro Mayor.

I think @UKLabour members have a right to know what happened in 2017. THREAD /1
All my life I’ve campaigned against patriarchy and I stand on a platform of reform. Here I wasn't the "most Muslim"

It pains me to see “Galloway politics”, and the vitriol that brings with it, happening all over again now in the West Midlands. /2
BIRMINGHAM MAIL: "It does seem fair to say that Ms Yaqoob chose to make the wearing of the hijab an issue in the election - and presented the fact that she wears one, and Ms Shah doesn’t, as a reason to vote for her." /3

birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

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Example of “classic Galloway” conspiracy theories at Salma’s campaign launch. Apparently I'm supported by @MailOnline and @Conservatives. REALLY? /4 🤦🏽‍‍
And here's one from 2015... Respect Party all over!
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Salma has run against Labour SIX times under Blair, Brown AND Corbyn. The good people of Bradford West overwhelmingly rejected her politics of division.
#UnityOverDivision

/6
Socialism is about equality and not preferential treatment. Concerns raised by members of LGBT+ PLP, Women’s PLP and BAME PLP cannot be ignored.

/7
This is the national press coverage of the hustings

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

/8
The bottom line for me is simply this: Would we have waived the membership rules if this had been the behaviour of my white male opponent?

#No2GallowayPolitics #No2SlutShaming #Yes2RealLabour

/9
This was honour abuse.

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Mark Field must be suspended from the Conservative Party & the Whip. Action should be taken against Tory MPs defending him (listed below). These comments normalise violence against women. He grabbed a woman by the neck and pushed her up against a pillar. There is no excuse. 1/10
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Deeply disappointing, though not surprising, that the @Telegraph @TheSun @Daily_Express either didn’t report on or barely mentioned MCB complaint to the @EHRC about rife Islamophobia in the Conservatives, actively promoted by some Tory MPs and candidates to be next PM. 1/3
.@BBCr4today asked one question on this today to James Cleverly (ex-Tory Deputy Chair). There was no follow up question after he claimed complaints are dealt with quickly despite evidence that many weren’t acted on & Hope Not Hate accusing Tory Chair of misleading the public. 2/3
If sections of the media continue to turn a blind eye to this prejudice we will never be able to tackle rising Islamophobia and racism in our society. It doesn’t help that some columnists and reporters in the right wing press have themselves stoked hostility towards Muslims. 3/3
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