In 2018, there were not many of us in the proverbial trench... Six years on, Akehurst is one of Labour's newest candidates, standing for North Durham among a slate of many party officials and aides parachuted into safe seats with just weeks to go before the election.
Akehurst's job as the director of an organisation called We Believe In Israel...has stridently defended Israel's actions in Gaza as proportionate, and has campaigned to stand in solidarity with Israel a view not widely shared across Labour.
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