Jon Stewart has waded into a row about the UK Labour Party blocking election candidate Faiza Shaheen from running for Parliament over her historical tweets relating to Israel. Stewart shared a Twitter (now X) post from former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, in which Hasan claimed that Shaheen had been “suspended” from Labour for liking a tweet that featured Stewart’s famous 2014 ‘We Need to Talk About Israel’ sketch. “This is the dumbest thing The UK has done since electing Boris Johnson.
..what the actual fuck.
..” Stewart, who is Jewish, told his 1.
7M followers. Related Stories News Jurors Finish First Day Of Deliberations In Trump Hush Money Trial -- Update News Prosecutor Points To "Smoking Guns" In Trump Hush Money Trial; Jury Deliberations To Start Wednesday -- Update This is the dumbest thing The UK has done since electing Boris Johnson..
.what the actual fuck..
. https://t.co/n6Ekibi5is — Jon Stewart (@jonstewart) May 30, 2024 The reality of the situation is a little more complicated than Hasan’s post suggested, however.
Shaheen has not been disciplined for simply liking Stewart’s skit. In an interview with BBC Newsnight on Wednesday, Shaheen said she has not been selected as Labour’s candidate for the Parliamentary seat of Chingford and Woodford Green in London ahead of the July 4 election. Shaheen said the Labour party had concerns about 14 tweets over the past decade.
This included a tweet she liked, which linked to Stewart’s sketch and claimed that cri.