Not just about Gaza: the Muslim voters turning from Labour to the Greens
by Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#74VDG)
Campaigning in Newcastle before next month's local elections shows the rise of the far right, the climate and cost of living are concerning voters as much as the Middle East
Mohammed Suleman, a self-described straight-talking Geordie", doesn't love politics. The taxi driver and businessman prefers to focus on community initiatives. But when the time came, he voted Labour as the lesser of two evils.
Then came the war in Gaza.
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