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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T19:58:20.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Alex Armstrong hails ‘great day for free speech’ after CPS lose Koran-burning appeal",
    "Martin Clunes loses 4-year planning battle as traveller site set to move in near Dorset home",
    "Adam Peaty family feud hits new heights as his aunt blasts nephew for calling Gordon Ramsay 'dad'",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n__Adil Ray has weighed in on Labour’s bruising by-election defeat in Gorton and Denton, challenging claims that Muslim voters are motivated by “homophobic” or “antisemitic” views.\n\nThe actor and broadcaster posted a lengthy message on Instagram after the Green Party’s Hannah Spencer overturned Labour’s once-commanding majority in the Greater Manchester seat.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n“Despite being continually accused of not integrating, Muslims voted against a party with a Muslim Home Sec whose immigration policies and actions regarding Gaza they strongly opposed,” Mr Ray wrote.\n\n“Instead they found common value with a white British woman who spoke to them locally and beyond and despite being labelled anti semitic and homophobic they voted for a party led by a Jewish, Gay man.”\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe added: “It would be good to see this take covered today? Wouldn’t it?”\n\nMr Ray’s intervention came after a dramatic night in which Zack Polanski’s Green Party secured 14,980 votes, with Ms Spencer narrowly defeating Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin.\n\nLabour slumped to third place on 9,364 votes, almost half its 2024 total, in what has been described as a “catastrophic” result for Sir Keir Starmer.\n\nThe by-election was widely framed as a test of public confidence in the Prime Minister.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIt also unfolded against a backdrop of fierce debate over Gaza, immigration and accusations of “sectarian” campaigning.\n\nReform leader Nigel Farage branded the result “a victory for sectarian voting and cheating”, while Mr Goodwin claimed “sectarianism” had played a decisive role.\n\nAn election monitoring group also reported “unprecedented” levels of family voting at polling stations, though Reform chairman Dr David Bull said the party would not contest the result.\n\nDuring her victory speech, Ms Spencer criticised politicians and “divisive figures who constantly scapegoat and blame our communities for all the problems in society”.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Alex Armstrong hails ‘great day for free speech’ after CPS lose Koran-burning appeal\n  * Martin Clunes loses 4-year planning battle as traveller site set to move in near Dorset home\n  * Adam Peaty family feud hits new heights as his aunt blasts nephew for calling Gordon Ramsay 'dad'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n>  View this post on Instagram \n>\n> A post shared by Adil Ray (@adilray)\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nShe told Muslim voters they had more in common with white working-class communities than many believed.\n\nMr Ray struck a similar tone, suggesting the result challenged simple narratives about how Muslim communities vote.\n\nSupporters flooded his Instagram page with praise.\n\n“I love this. Thank you,” one person wrote.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAnother commented: “I’m a disabled white and now single mother. The only mother that ever spoke to me, stood with me, took our kids out together, was the muslim mother wearing a hijab. I have hope in my heart.”\n\nA further supporter added: “Amazing Hannah has given us hope against those that divide us .. showing us it’s not about background but what is in our hearts our thoughts our morality for social justice that has been victorious.”\n\nHowever, not everyone was impressed by Mr Ray’s remarks.\n\n“Why?????” one user responded bluntly.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAnother critic posted on X: “I can’t stand to look or listen to Adil Ray.”\n\n“The cheek of that,” wrote a third.\n\nThe Gorton and Denton result marked only the second time Labour has come third in a by-election in a seat it previously held, raising fresh questions about Sir Keir’s electoral coalition.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Adil Ray gloats over Gorton and Denton as he disputes 'homophobic' and 'antisemitic' labelling of Muslim voters"
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