Five pro-Palestinian independents won seats at the UK general election on Thursday in a “historic moment” that blew expectations out the water. In a significant loss for the Labour Party as it enters government, frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth was dethroned by optometrist Shockat Adam in a close battle for the Leicester South constituency. The independents’ victories follow anger, particularly in the Muslim community, over Labour’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza. “We as a city have done this. We as a city are a shining example to the rest of the world, that it is [the] people that matter, not…