Left-wing British politician Faiza Shaheen announced on Wednesday that she would be running as an independent in the upcoming UK general election after being barred by the Labour Party. Shaheen, who is contesting the seat of senior Conservative Iain Duncan Smith in London’s Chingford and Woodford Green constituency, announced her resignation from Labour on Tuesday after recently being deselected as the party’s candidate. Shaheen said she had decided to stand as an independent following hundreds of messages from people in her community who say there are “no options left for them”. “They are tir…