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‘Starmer-backed neoliberal’ replaces Uxbridge CLP's preferred candidate
Shabana Mahmood MP, Labour party national campaign coordinator, Danny Beales, Labour candidate for the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency and shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth, during a rally on Long Lane in Uxbridge, west London, where a by-election has been triggered by the resignation of former prime minister Boris Johnson. Picture date: Saturday June 10, 2023.
A LEFT-WING Labour contender to run in former PM Boris Johnson’s Uxbridge & South Ruislip seat has been snubbed in favour of a “Starmer-backed neoliberal.”
Connor Liberty, the local CLP’s preferred candidate, was denied in favour of former charity worker Danny Beales, who will fight to win the west London seat in the next election following Mr Johnson’s shock departure over the weekend.
Mr Beales, 34, has been a councillor in Camden — part of Sir Keir Starmer's constituency — for a decade, described himself as “pragmatic socialist” and has reportedly been critical of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party.
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