First published at 15:01 UTC on July 4th, 2024.
Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe refers to an independent British Palestinian candidate as a 'Hamas supporter.'
Right, so as people go to the polls today, there will very much be an influx of canvassers banging on doors to get th…
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Labour Friends of Israel chair Steve McCabe refers to an independent British Palestinian candidate as a 'Hamas supporter.'
Right, so as people go to the polls today, there will very much be an influx of canvassers banging on doors to get the vote out going around, especially Labour ones. If you were to for example look at the Telegraph, the Torygraph today, they have run a story on Labour piling activists into large Muslim areas to fight pro Palestine candidates. Punch up in the street is that, or do you really think a few more door knocks will overcome the racism and pro Israel rhetoric, the advocation of war crimes that Keir Starmer has been exposed for? Where the Torygraph apparently wants a fight, the Guardian talks less of Muslims specifically and more about Labour canvassers being harassed in pro Palestinian areas. Were they asked a tricky question? And what exactly is a pro Palestinian area Guardian? Most of the country is pro Palestinian and if you don’t want to face anger on the streets, stop siding with genocide and actually stop asking for it, because if any of your canvassers are acting like outgoing MP and Labour Friends of Israel Chair Steve McCabe as shown here, then it isn’t voters you should be angry at and if they are indeed angered, look at the conduct of your own flaming canvassers!
Right, so God bless Ring doorbells it seems! That was Steve McCabe, stepping down as MP for Birmingham Selly Oak and who has been the chair of Labour Friends of Israel since 2020, asking the resident there on his doorstep if he’s voting for the Hamas supporter as he put it, on the ballot and repeatedly mentioned that that same candidate was the former chair of the Palestine Solidarity Committee, it’s Palestine Solidarity Campaign Steve, if you’re going to abuse them at least get the name right, therefore the implication is that McCabe seems to think that being pro Palestine is to be pro Hamas. That is not true, that is really flaming foul, that is pretty racist and ..
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