At an Israel hatred rally in Preston on 22 May, the Labour council leader Matthew Brown was very keen to show his support.
Note the ugly and divisive framing: “an attack on all of us, an attack on humanity”. He followed up with “solidarity from the Preston Labour party!”
A statement of support was also read out to the rally from the local Labour MP Mark Hendick. “Make no mistake, I stand with you on the issue of Palestine.”
So, solidarity with what, exactly?
“Victory to the intifada!” over ”the few” from the swuppie and former Preston councillor Michael Lavalette.
Throw rocks. We know who the real terrorists are. The Israelis are raping Palestinian women. It is a new Holocaust. They are Nazis.
This came from the PA system on the van that led the march.
No BBC. And no Coca-Cola either. Didn’t you know Coke is Israeli? Forsooth. Hassle supermarkets too.
The old annihilation favourite “from the river to the sea”, of course. With some twists. The ridiculous yet sinister “Netanyahu we charge you with genocide” and a proper peacenik chant: “for Palestine we’re gonna fight”.
This is Labour 2021.
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