Since becoming Labour Deputy Leader in September 2015, Tom has had just shy of £97,000 from two Israel lobbyists, Trevor Chinn and David Garrard, and from Labour Friends of Israel. On Facebook I came across the list below, taken from … Read More »
It is difficult to describe as anything other than a hatchet job the BBC Panorama special this week that sought to bolster claims that the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn has become “institutionally antisemitic”. The partisan tone was set from … Read More »
* This from an assessment of Winston Churchill in the Independent, January 30, 2015: In … ‘Zionism versus Bolshevism’, he wrote: “This movement among the Jews is not new. From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, down … Read More »
this post also features in offguardian Then came Giladgate and the suspension of Labour MP Chris Williamson for defending Israeli Jewish musician – and vehement critic not only of his own state but a particular subset of Jews – Gilad … Read More »
This from wiki: Nils Melzer is a Swiss academic, author and practitioner in the field of international law. Since 2016, Melzer has been serving as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture. He is Professor of International Law at the University … Read More »
Dear George I’d hoped you might have changed your tune – or at least laid off the Kool Aid and for once kept your head down on things Syria. You haven’t though. Above is your bizarre tweet in response to … Read More »
* * * In the first and more specific of two reminders – lest tears fog up our memory – Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack points out that: Many of the underlying issues at Grenfell were due to … Read More »
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Every once in a while I try to make sense of otherwise savvy people who refuse to see a reality staring us in the face: that on any number of metrics the USA is the world’s most lawless state. * … Read More »
Yesterday on Facebook, erstwhile Pink Floyd powerhouse Roger Waters, even better off stage than on, wrote this of the Douma lies. WHERE ARE THE HEADLINES? On April 7th 2018, Al Nusra/White Helmets, whoever, staged a chemical weapons attack in Douma, … Read More »