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Andrew Murray catches up with British-Palestinian parliamentary candidate LEANNE MOHAMAD who’s taking on shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, with the issues of Gaza, the NHS and the needs of the local community at the front and centre of her campaign
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LEANNE MOHAMAD declares herself surprised that she has been chosen as the independent challenger to shadow health secretary Wes Streeting in his Ilford North bailiwick at the general election.
No-one else would be shocked. The 23-year-old British-Palestinian woman came first in a selection process conducted by the local community after the Gaza crisis pushed Labour loyalty far beyond breaking point.
It is easy to see why. The candidate is charismatic, poised, fluent and sharp, with a megawatt smile almost permanently glowing. Streeting, classic representative of corporate Labour, as omnipresent in Keir Starmer’s ready-for-state-service line-up as he is invisible on the streets of Ilford, should be worried.
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