Saturday, 11 November 2023

Israel's ownership of the UK Labour Party?

 

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Labour Friends of Israel and Sir Trevor Chinn



“There has been criticism of Sir Keir Starmer and other senior Labour figures over their failure to call for a ceasefire in Gaza …

“An investigation … revealed that 13 of the 31 members of UK Labour’s Shadow Cabinet have received donations from a prominent pro-Israel lobby group or individual funder.

“The list of recipients includes party leader KEIR STARMER, his deputy ANGELA RAYNER, Shadow Foreign Secretary DAVID LAMMY, and … LISA NANDY …

“These donations were provided by Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) … and Sir Trevor Chinn, a … long-time pro-Israel lobbyist.

“More than half of Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet are listed as parliamentary supporters or officers of LFI …


“LFI … was revealed during an undercover Al Jazeera documentary in 2017 to have close relations with the Israeli embassy in London …

“Eight members of Starmer’s shadow cabinet have received money from LFI to travel to Israel since being elected MPs. This includes DAVID LAMMY … WES STREETING … JONATHAN REYNOLDS … [and] EMILY THORNBERRY …

“A further recipient of travel funds is shadow chancellor RACHEL REEVES, who is currently a parliamentary vice-chair of LFI … LFI has also donated to WAYNE DAVID …

“STARMER received a £50,000 donation from Chinn during his campaign for the Labour leadership in 2020 – and failed to declare this until after he’d won the election.

“… Chinn has donated to eight other members of the Shadow Cabinet, including RAYNER, LAMMY, REEVES, STREETING … BRIDGET PHILLIPSON … LIZ KENDALL … [and] STEVE REED.

“LISA NANDY … has also accepted money from Chinn …


“The value of Chinn’s donations to Starmer and members of his shadow cabinet amounts to almost £200,000 …”

https://nation.cymru/news/labour-not-in-the-pockets-of-israel-says-shadow-minister-wayne-david/

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  1. Anonymous has left a new comment

    That funding is an untenable disgrace. 99% of us are NOT Jewish, and any Jew that thinks that 40% of a Party Cabinet should be Jewish-controlled needs a .... It must be made illegal for Jews to fund more than 1% of UK Parliamentarians and the punishment for ignoring that should be.... No tolerance of Jewish misfeasance.

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