Labour party dismisses claims on Salma Yaqoob’s campaign leaflet as ‘misleading’

The Labour Party has accused Salma Yaqoob, an independent candidate for Bradford West, of publishing ‘misleading and false’ information.

Updated 30th May 2017

 

The ex-Respect party leader has circulated a campaign leaflet which says: “A vote for Salma is a vote for Corbyn.”

A spokesperson for the Labour Party said: “There is only one Labour Party candidate in Bradford West and that is Naz Shah.”

Salma Yaqoob said: “I campaigned for Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership whilst not even being a Labour Party member.  Whilst I was doing that Naz Shah was on Channel 4 News undermining him as a potential leader.”

Naz Shah defended her position as the representative for Labour: “I am the Labour party candidate. I’ve worked with Jeremy Corbyn for the past 18 months. The bottom line in Bradford is that we need a Labour government and we need a Labour MP."

A copy of the letter alledgedly sent is below:

 

 

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