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BBC reporter Rob Mayor has claimed that a Labour source told him that 'once again Hamas are the real villains' because they believe they have lost the West Midlands Mayoral election over the Israel-Palestine conflict. Claiming Labour believes that Conservative incumbent Andy Street will hold on after Muslim voters failed to back them, the same nsider said: 'It's the Middle East, not West Midlands, that will have won Street the Mayoralty'. Muslims and Muslim groups have branded the source's words 'Islamophobic'. One critic said: 'So this is what Labour thinks of Muslims'. MEND, a NGO formed to support British Muslims, tweeted: 'Islamophobic briefing to media has started again from Labour', adding: 'The Muslim vote is being haemorrhaged by Labour'. A Tory spokesman has called it 'vile' and insisted Andy Street is still in a fight to win. When asked about the assessment, Labour apologised and called it 'racist'. A spokesman said: 'The Labour Party has strongly condemned this racist quote which has not come from anyone who is speaking on behalf of party or whose values are welcome in the party'.