17 February -
Labouring the point
Before Dave Putson was elected as my Councillor in Belvedere one of his
colleagues emailed me to say he was extremely Left wing and implied I wouldnְ’t
get on with him. Compared to me he is pretty far to the left but then nearly
everyone is but as I have said before I found him very likeable and much more
likely to get up and do something useful than any of his colleagues. He was
rewarded by the Labour Party with The Order of the Boot.
I suppose it is inevitable that BiB is occasionally biased; it is very difficult
to forget being reported to the police for “criticising Councillors” or having
to watch one lie under oath in a Magistrate’s Court in order to secure the
conviction of a friend. And it works the other way around.
Dave Putson has asked me to publicise something I am not entirely comfortable
with. I have already referred to him
campaigning on behalf of the innocents being killed in Palestine following
their terrorist governmentְְ’s avowed intention of eliminating the state of Israel.
Personally I can applaud the elimination of terrorists while being unhappy with
the consequent loss of innocent lives but when the obvious solution is that Hamas stops
murdering Israelis I think I know which side I must take if pushed into such a decision.
Before I get myself into any more trouble, back
to Dave Putson’s request; publicity for three local branches of the party that
refuses to have him as a Member. They voted
for a Motion for a ceasefire three weeks ago which translated into a demo outside Labour Party HQ.
The approved Motion was…
This branch/constituency notes the interim report of the
the International Court of Justice, that there is plausible evidence that Israel
is committing genocidal acts. Considering this countries like the U.S and the
UK, are complicit by virtue of the fact that they are supplying Israel with the
weapons and military intelligence, that makes this possible. It is blatantly
obvious that the Tory government is guilty of supporting, and continues to
support, despite the ICJ interim decision, Israel’s heinous crimes. The
leadership of the Labour Party has adopted an unacceptable position in relation
to this issue, supporting the government and therefore Israel. In view of the
ICJ interim decision, and the fact that Labour are likely to form a new
government later this year, we call on the leadership of the Labour Party:
• To recognize the implications of the ICJ’s interim report, condemn
Israelְ’s war crimes and support the call for an immediate ceasefire.
• If elected, to commit to halting all UK weapons sales to Israel.
(If this motion is passed to be conveyed to the all NEC members)
And they took it to Labour Party HQ as agreed.
And
this is where Dave and I may part company. Israel is the only true democracy in
the Middle East and the only civilisation of the type we used to enjoy in the UK.
Israel is an advanced country in the technological sense. I have quite a lot of
electronic bits and bobs marked Made in Israel and their Iron Dome defence
against Hamas rockets was home developed as is the proposed laser replacement.
If Britain stopped supplying arms (mainly components) to Israel, how long before
the creeping aggression of terrorists finds its way here even more than it does
now, like every Saturday in London?
Appeasing terrorists is never a good idea and for once Keir Starmer is correct.
Obviously when he is elected following Sunakְְ’s disastrous Premiership the rank
and file will chuck him out.
At least Dave’s arm twisting of BiB proves he does more for the Labour Party
outside it than those who run the show locally from within. Their senior
officers would rather report me to the police for being against their violence (which
they claimed to have actually done more than once) and threatening to sue me if I mention it again.
I have to go up to London later today and divert to avoid the
no-go area terrorist supporters are going to occupy. That is where appeasement gets you. Khanage.