Blocked candidate Faiza Shaheen will stand against Labour as an independent

I am standing as an independent candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green at the General Election on 4 July.

She alleged she had been penalised for describing her own experiences of Islamophobia as she hit out at what she said was a hierarchy of racism in the party.

She insisted her campaign would be positive and forward-looking and that she wanted to show there was a progressive alternative to both parties.

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