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Labour calls out Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall over ‘hurty words’ response

Source: PA Archive

Tory London mayoral candidate Susan Hall is “unfit” for public life, the Labour Party’s chairwoman has said, after Ms Hall suggested apparently Islamophobic tweets were just “hurty words”.

Ms Hall has caused controversy by liking a string of tweets in the past that appeared to include Islamophobic abuse of Labour rival Sadiq

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