• I’M a former Respect / Labour councillor, Olympics ambassador, and chairman of pensions and investments committee from Tower Hamlets.

I am 48 and was born in Southwark like Sir Keir Starmer. I set up the Camden Gaza Ceasefire Campaign (CGCC) with locals in October 2023 following Israel’s war on Gaza.

I’ve been uniting residents to demand Starmer, leader of the opposition, calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza which he rejected despite national protests.

Thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians (mostly women and children) have been killed by Israeli military action against international law.

Israel is now on trial at the International Court of Justice. Holborn and St Pancras residents / CGCC selected me as their independent parliamentary candidate in November 2023 when no other independent candidate had declared or worked with Camden’s minority ethnic groups.

I’ve worked tirelessly to bring together Camden residents, locals of minority ethnic groups, who comprise far more than half the forecast Labour votes.

If all voters withhold their votes, combining tactical voting, to challenge Starmer by redirecting their votes to elect me as people’s choice it will most definitely cause Starmer to lose his seat. It’s a no-brainer. Holborn and St Pancras residents want to change their MP.

My three priorities:

1. End war on Gaza / free Palestine / stop arms trade with Israel.

2. Improving public services (housing, health and education, HS2, pollution etc).

3. Rejoining European Union (combat inflation, boost economy and tourism), St Pancras International connects us to Europe including the Hague.

WAIS ISLAM
Independent candidate for Holborn and St Pancras