Draft:Jay Basra
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Comment: I don't think this person meets WP:NPOLITICIAN yet. Qcne (talk) 13:15, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Jay Basra is an Ulster Unionist Party politician (Born 2004). Jay Basra has been active in youth politics, campaigning with the Young Unionists. [1] [2]
Jay Basra ran as the UUP Candidate for Mid Ulster on July 4th 2024, receiving just under 5% of the vote[3]. During his campaign he would receive racist abuse and threats from anonymous users online on several occasions.[4] He would go on to speak out against this abuse and challenge it while on air with William Crawley on BBC talkback. [5] He would receive abuse again after the election in response to a social media post about the Twelfth of July holiday.[6]
The Belfast Newsletter explains that Jay Basra is a native of Cookstown, attending his local Presbyterian Church, challenging the allegations that he is a Muslim or an immigrant. [7]
He is a former student of Cookstown High School and is currently studying at Queen's University Belfast. [8]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67099154%7Ctitle = Unionist Youth Network (BBC)
- ^ https://nielects.com/news/2024/05/07/ulster-unionists-select-jay-basra-as-westminster-candidate-for-mid-ulster/%7Ctitle = Candidate Announcement (NIElects)
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/N05000010 (BBC)
- ^ https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/uup-leader-doug-beattie-condemns-social-media-abuse-aimed-at-mid-ulster-election-candidate/a936908523.html%7Ctitle = Beattie Condemns Social Media abuse (Beltel)
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-69007684%7Ctitle = Basra Challenges abuse (BBC)
- ^ https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nothing-will-stop-me-trying-to-make-change-for-the-better-teenage-uup-candidate-defiant-after-racial-abuse-online/a892594317.html%7Ctitle = Basra Challenges threats (beltel)
- ^ https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/im-not-muslim-im-presbyterian-teenage-ulster-unionist-jay-basra-responds-to-online-racial-religious-jibes-after-announcing-he-is-standing-in-the-next-election-in-mid-ulster-4627990%7Ctitle = Presbyterian Teenage Candidate (Belfast Newsletter)
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/N05000010 (Beltel)