Sir Keir Starmer has been urged not to give in to a 'dangerous' set of demands from a Muslim pressure group. The Labour leader was hit with the extraordinary list of 18 orders by The Muslim Vote after he promised to win back the trust of voters alienated by his stance on the Middle East conflict. He was told he must apologise for his failure to back a ceasefire last autumn and for 'greenlighting a genocide' when he appeared to say Israel had the right to cut off water and power in Gaza.On foreign policy, he was told he must recognise the state of Palestine, impose sanctions on Israeli politicians and cut military ties with the country.Domestically, the group said he must ensure Muslim pupils can pray at school, ditch a new Government definition of extremism and guarantee 'Sharia-compliant' pensions are available in every workplace.
Longrider gives the perfect response to demands of this sort...
Labour has not yet responded to the group publicly and last night declined to say if it would do so.
Cowards to a man.
Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said: 'This is shaping up to become a very big issue. 'It is a threat to our democracy and this amounts to nothing more or less than political blackmail.
'The threat is that they won't vote for Labour.
'If you give in to blackmail it never stops and others will see you are weak.'
Like the leader of your own party, Iain?
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Kipling was right: "once you have paid him the Danegeld You never get rid of the Dane."
Nip it in the bud. Don't give in to any of the demands because they'll only come back demanding more.
Any political party, or leader, who gives in to this blackmai, may as well sell up and move where no one knows their name.
Penseivat
The first four stages of activists' demands. Each follows the preceding as night follows day:
1. You must admit you were wrong.
2. Not good enough. You must apologise.
3. Not good enough. You must be punished.
4. Not good enough. You must pay reparations.
Stage 1
"promised to win back the trust of voters alienated by his stance"
Check.
Stage 2
"He was told he must apologise for his failure to back a ceasefire last autumn"
Check.
Stage 3
or you'll lose the Muslim vote
Check
Stage 4
recognise the state of Palestine, impose sanctions on Israeli politicians, cut military ties ensure Muslim pupils can pray at school, ditch a new Government definition of extremism and guarantee 'Sharia-compliant' pensions are available in every workplace.
Check
Unusual to have all four stages declared up front though, usually they are drip fed. Indicates confidence on the part of the activists perhaps.
They've already won in BD3/7/8/9
Three kids voted in as "Independents" in the clowncil elections have suddenly formed a pro Palestinian mini party in the Town Hall. I never saw that coming...
"Don't give in to any of the demands because they'll only come back demanding more."
And politicians are supposed to be able to spot social trends, yet they never spot this.
"...may as well sell up and move where no one knows their name."
They probably already have a bolthole there.
"Each follows the preceding as night follows day"
Indeed. It's depressing.
"Three kids voted in as "Independents" in the clowncil elections have suddenly formed a pro Palestinian mini party in the Town Hall. I never saw that coming..."
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