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The West Midlands Mayoral Row Comes Straight From the Labour Right’s Playbook
With the shortlisted candidates announced last week, the campaign for Labour's next West Midlands mayoral candidate is already turning bitter. Aaron Bastani argues the campaign against Salma Yaqoob is a continuation of old tricks.
Faith, Politics and Socialism | Aaron Meets Salma Yaqoob

Almost two decades ago Salma Yaqoob was politicised by the ‘War on Terror’ – both at home and abroad. Now she is looking to be Labour’s candidate in next year’s West Midlands Mayoral election. Aaron Bastani caught up with her at this year’s ‘The World Transformed’ to discuss how she became politicised, why she joined […]