LABOUR’S traditional Muslim support base is switching to Gaza independents and the Greens, a poll shows.
Three in five would consider voting for candidates standing on a pro-Palestine platform at this week’s elections to stop Sir .
Three in five Muslims would consider voting for candidates standing on a pro-Palestine platform to stop Starmer Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Labour’s traditional Muslim support base is plummeting Credit: MEN Media
The PM’s party once banked on support from around 80 per cent of British Muslims but the number has declined steeply following the
A poll by JL Partners for Policy Exchange found 60 per cent would now think about voting for Gaza independents to stop .
Around half would consider
The survey of 1,006 Muslims also revealed that 63 per cent rank their religious identity above their British nationality.
And nearly a quarter said that violence is an appropriate response to someone burning a Koran or showing an image of the Prophet Muhammad.
The polling also revealed a greater hostility to Jews among Muslims, with 21 per cent saying they feel unfavourably towards them compared to 11 per cent of the general population.
Dr Rakib Ehsan, lead author of the Policy Exchange report, said: “The data shows that the is on course to be further punished by British Muslims in the English .
“There will be a likely surge of Muslim independent candidates being elected in cities such as and towns like Blackburn.
“As well as a number of London boroughs including Newham.
“The fresh polling also reveals that there are fundamental differences between the wider general population and British Muslims living in parts of where problems over integration continue to persist.”
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