OWEN JONES: ‘Keir Starmer is a serial liar. He supports war crimes then gaslights us. His is no antiracist but a morally bankrupt opportunist’
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“… [According] to Margaret Hodge, she was led to believe by a Starmer ally during the leadership election that he was ‘lying’ in order to get the job …
“The assault on Gaza, the great crime of our age, adds moral indecency to the pile of dishonesty and vacuity.
“When Starmer declared Israel had the right to cut off energy and water to Palestinian civilians, he did so as a human rights lawyer who understands the Geneva conventions.
“After letting shadow cabinet ministers defend him, he claimed it ‘has never been my view that Israel had the right to cut off water, food, fuel or medicines’.
“We all have political red lines: mine is supporting what would amount to war crimes against innocent civilians, toddlers and newborn babies among them, then gaslighting the public over doing so …
“When Starmer allies deployed antisemitic tropes – with one joking about a ‘run on silver shekels’ when two Jewish businessmen missed out on peerages, and another calling a Jewish Tory donor a ‘puppet master’ – an apology was deemed to be sufficient.
“When another racially abused a journalist and had a sexual harassment complaint upheld, they were reinstated after investigation.
“Contrast this with Diane Abbott, Britain’s first Black female MP, who was suspended after immediately apologising for an Observer letter in which she argued that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people are not subject to racism ‘all their lives’.
“She has been left in limbo for 10 months and counting while the party investigates – only for Labour to use the racist abuse directed at her by a Tory donor for political capital, while still refusing to reinstate her.
“Another fellow leftwinger, Kate Osamor – again, a Black female MP – was suspended for describing the assault on Gaza as a genocide on the day the international court of justice placed Israel on trial for alleged genocide.
“Questions of racism, then, seem to be judged on whether they have a factional use – a sure sign of moral bankruptcy.
“This leadership style is crude in opposition; with an overwhelming majority, it will be chilling …”
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The production and presentation is a little bit 'polished' for my liking, however the content is truly sobering.
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OWEN JONES: ‘Keir Starmer is a serial liar. He supports war crimes then gaslights us. His is no antiracist but a morally bankrupt opportunist’
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“… [According] to Margaret Hodge, she was led to believe by a Starmer ally during the leadership election that he was ‘lying’ in order to get the job …
“The assault on Gaza, the great crime of our age, adds moral indecency to the pile of dishonesty and vacuity.
“When Starmer declared Israel had the right to cut off energy and water to Palestinian civilians, he did so as a human rights lawyer who understands the Geneva conventions.
“After letting shadow cabinet ministers defend him, he claimed it ‘has never been my view that Israel had the right to cut off water, food, fuel or medicines’.
“We all have political red lines: mine is supporting what would amount to war crimes against innocent civilians, toddlers and newborn babies among them, then gaslighting the public over doing so …
“When Starmer allies deployed antisemitic tropes – with one joking about a ‘run on silver shekels’ when two Jewish businessmen missed out on peerages, and another calling a Jewish Tory donor a ‘puppet master’ – an apology was deemed to be sufficient.
“When another racially abused a journalist and had a sexual harassment complaint upheld, they were reinstated after investigation.
“Contrast this with Diane Abbott, Britain’s first Black female MP, who was suspended after immediately apologising for an Observer letter in which she argued that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people are not subject to racism ‘all their lives’.
“She has been left in limbo for 10 months and counting while the party investigates – only for Labour to use the racist abuse directed at her by a Tory donor for political capital, while still refusing to reinstate her.
“Another fellow leftwinger, Kate Osamor – again, a Black female MP – was suspended for describing the assault on Gaza as a genocide on the day the international court of justice placed Israel on trial for alleged genocide.
“Questions of racism, then, seem to be judged on whether they have a factional use – a sure sign of moral bankruptcy.
“This leadership style is crude in opposition; with an overwhelming majority, it will be chilling …”
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ReplyDeleteThe Solar Eclipse of 08 April 24. A truly excellent insight into this rare phenomena.
An excellent price with unbelievable numerology linking this event to others, including the recent 21 August 2017.
The production and presentation is a little bit 'polished' for my liking, however the content is truly sobering.
An excellent and worthwhile look at events from a religious perspective that would be extremely difficult to dismiss from even the mist ardent atheist.