As a very ex member of the UK Labour Party (I joined as a student before the Miners' Strike in the 1980s, became a labour councillor and left over the illegal invasion of Iraq++) I am not surprised to learn that No.10 have confirmed that current Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer does not want to ‘get into it’ re slavery at the Commonwealth Summit.
Starmer is not, apparently, going to be open to any
discussion about either reparations or apologies.
Is this him trying to out-macho the last fellow? Call-Me-Tony
never apologised for the slaughter of civilians in the horrid Iraq adventure
and is still coining it around the globe. Also, popping up far too often to give advice no one asked for.
Starmer even has one of Tone’s right hand guys in
this government. The little weasel Douglas Alexander who, having been well
rewarded and promoted for unfailingly supporting the Iraq horror, showed up in
my neck of the woods when Labour’s fortunes turned (or rather the Tory’s
dipped) and is now Minister of State for Trade.
Unlike the First Minister of Scotland who was the first in the UK to call for a cease fire (back when it might have made a difference to civilians and hostages) – followed by Irish leader and the Welsh Parliament (without the support of labour), Sir Kier did not call for a ceasefire as opposition leader and has failed to stem the flow of weapons to IDF – Netanyahu’s “most moral army in the world” responsible for the total destruction of Gaza, the deaths of 42,000+ people including 21,000 children; more than 2% of the entire child population.
Most recently Starmer praised King Charles for his sangfroid when an Aboriginal Australian senator protested at Charlie Bags-of-Cash Australian visit . Why should she not protest? Why weren’t more people protesting?
Am I seeing a pattern here?
Is Labour just far too comfortable with the mass deaths/exploitation and abuse of brown people?