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   JuneSim63 (junesim63@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 15:37:35 JST JuneSim63

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   "During the months I have spent reporting on how Gaza has played out in domestic politics, I have never heard it mentioned without it being connected to other issues. It has become a way for communities to identify that they are not being listened to by politicians, and are on their own. It has been expressed as an indication that the [Labour] party, in its handling of the war, has displayed the absence of a crucial ethical feature"
   Nesrine Malik

   #LabourParty #Gaza #UKPolitics

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     JuneSim63 (junesim63@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 15:37:36 JST JuneSim63

     "When Keir Starmer says he will govern “without doctrine”, what he is not recognising is that centrism at home and “progressive realism” abroad is a doctrine, one that excludes the sort of compassion and solidarity that means so much to others. You can agree or disagree with Labour’s approach, but it would be partisan (dare I say, sectarian), to not recognise that it is based on an ideology that excludes many.."
     Nesrine Malik

     #Gaza #UKPolitics #Labour #Starmer

     https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/08/pro-palestine-sectarian-dangerous-mistake-labour

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.