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Jess Phillips heckled by anti-Israel activists after narrow victory and ‘worst campaign’ of her career

The Birmingham Yardley MP asked officials to ‘throw out’ disruptive campaigners from the count

July 5, 2024 08:15
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Jess Phillips was heckled by pro-Palestine activists after narrowly defeating a far-left candidate who has accused Labour of backing Israeli “genocide”.

The re-elected MP for Birmingham Yardley beat Workers Party candidate Jody McIntyre by just 700 votes on Thursday night.

After being declared the winner, Phillips’s attempt to give a victory speech was interrupted by chants of “free Palestine”.

She told the audience at the count: “I see we’re going to continue with the class we had during the campaign.”

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