Jon Stewart weighs in on Labour blocking academic from standing in UK election

US chatshow host describes as dumb' decision not to endorse Faiza Shaheen as candidate for London seat over tweets she liked

The US satirist Jon Stewart has waded into the row about Britain's Labour party blocking an academic from standing as a candidate in July's general election over her social media activity.

Faiza Shaheen was not endorsed as the Labour candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green in north London after she liked a series of posts on X that allegedly downplayed antisemitism accusations, one of which featured a clip from an episode of The Daily Show, which Stewart hosted.