Former Labour leader demands answers over dodging of Commons question
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has written to Foreign Secretary David Camerona over the refusal of his underling to say that UK troops are not operating on the ground in Gaza in support of Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. In his letter, Corbyn notes the hideous death toll of Palestinian civilians and Israel’s blatant war crimes in Gaza – and demands an answer from Cleverly to his question about the involvement of UK military personnel:
Any UK troops in Gaza are likely to be using Israel-made equipment to help Israel carry out its bombing: in 2021, the UK government awarded a £103m contract to Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems to provide laser-marking systems.
Tory PM Rishi Sunak has already sent UK ships to the seas off Gaza to provide logistical support to Israeli bombers and troops, but the direct involvement of UK forces in the targeting and killing of civilians would be a major scandal. UK special forces have often operated to provide laser guidance for bombs and Israel’s mass bombing has killed well over 15,000 civilians, around half of them children.
Cameron is likely to copy his minion and dodge the question.
An earlier version of this article mentioned former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.
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Well done, Corbyn!
Time you announced that you are going to stand again at the next general election though.
Is Corbyn’s house still on the market?
Well, one thing we do know Billy is that, unlike some people and their useless idiot cheerleaders, his humanity, integrity and soul are not the market.
Bit puzzled here – I looked to see if Islington was in the list of seats still to be assigned
candidates*** and it was not there ..
**** from Labour List ..
I’d argue that the longer he doesn’t, the better. Labour is not yet even confident enough to announce whatever “anti-democratic stitch-up” passes as a selection process for Islington North’s PPC.
It is near-inevitable that if JC stands he will be elected as the next MP for Islington North. His local popularity increases daily whilst war-monger Starmer and Labour’s dwindles.
Herr Flick
Is it true the Fuhrer is taking advice on the Genocide from the former Middle East Peace Envoy
and War Criminal
The polls tell a different story, Labour have been in the lead right across all the polls for 2yrs now
Leadership Approval
Deltapoll
Fieldwork: 1st to 4th December 2023 · Sample: 1,000 adults in Great Britain
Net approval for Keir Starmer rises by seven percentage points since our last poll, while net approval for Rishi Sunak is up by two points.
Rishi Sunak: -31 (+2)
Keir Starmer: +2 (+7)
(Changes from 24th to 27th November 2023)
https://mcusercontent.com/ceb437017cd651e33813473af/images/0cb20286-97f2-51bf-b23b-8669efe9b2b9.png
+2 after 4 years
Really
Doug – Follow my link above and compare Starmer’s net approval ratings with Jeremy’s.
Interesting Doug, that his mailchimp marketing .pngs don’t show Corbyn’s scores at GE17, when he motivated Labour to be within 2,500 votes of possible victory. ( FWIW, I’m sure the ‘leadership approval’ numbers back then with JC were every-bit as incapable of forecasting the next PM as they are today.)
When support for the tories is violently collapsing, a wise man would try not to be mistaken for one – but Starmer takes out a double-page in the Daily Telegraph and announces he’s changing his middle names to Hilda Margaret.
qwertboi – The information is readily available
https://statsforlefties.wordpress.com/corbyn-approval/
Oct. 7: ‘The launch of the new Palestinian revolution’ ???🤔
https://www.workers.org/2023/12/75532/
see my comment above at 3:16pm
“The only route out of this endless cycle of violence: the end of the occupation of Palestine.” Full cease-fire NOW. Stop the War on Gaza.
If UK troops are operating on the ground in Gaza in support of Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, people must be told.
‘Birmingham has changed a lot, but for me it is still the centre of the Universe’
Benjamin Zephaniah
RIP Bonnie Lad
If any UK troops are actually operating on the ground in Gaza in support of Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians they need to be in the dock for war crimes alongside those who sent them there and those who are providing ‘moral’ (sic) support for what they are doing.
96% I dont know why anyone in the West is supporting Netanyahu. He will bw out on
his neck before this has ended. In a poll just after October 7th 96% believe he was
responsible.
Firstly – he had plenty of warning of the attack.
Secondly – according to “The Times of Isreal” he has been propping up
HAMAS for years for he doesn’t want peace and is intent on weakening
the Palestine leadership .. on the principle “Divide and Rule”.
Then of course there is his criminality and corruption for he should be in prison.
JC is right