Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, has announced his decision not to participate in marches against antisemitism amidst a Labour rebellion over calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Telegraph has more.
Darren Jones, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said he would not attend any demonstrations in the weeks to come, as he represents constituents “who have different concerns and different opinions about this issue”.
He said all peaceful protests should be allowed to go ahead, but repeatedly dodged questions on whether he would join Sunday’s march himself.
Asked directly whether he would attend the demonstration in London, led by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, he said: “I’ve not gone to any marches in the last few weeks and I don’t intend on going [on] any marches in the future weeks, because I represent constituents who have different concerns and different opinions about this issue.
“It’s my job to represent all of them. That’s why I am not going on any marches.”
But he said “of course” he would stand “in solidarity” with his constituents against antisemitism. …
It comes in the wake of a major shadow cabinet split over the crisis in the Middle East, which saw Sir Keir Starmer suffer the biggest rebellion of his leadership to date.
Eight Labour frontbenchers defied their leader over a vote for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on November 15th, exposing damaging rifts at the top of the party.
Sir Keir has backed humanitarian pauses in the conflict but refused to demand a ceasefire, despite pressure from within Labour ranks to change tack.
Mr. Jones said he didn’t know if any Labour MPs would be attending Sunday’s march, but noted that shadow minister Peter Kyle would be in London.
Pressed on whether that meant his colleagues would be permitted to take part, he said: “I’ve not had any guidance from the Labour Party about the demo today or the demo yesterday, in fact, so I’m not sure what it is that you’re referring to.” …
Laura Trott, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, also declined to say whether she would attend Sunday’s march, stressing she was “focused” on her ministerial duties.
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Ah! So he has no opinions or values of his own and will not even try to lead.
He is a disgrace.
Agreed. And here’s a clip showing the police pepper spray Tommy Robinson today, all to subdue him because he was rightly ( due to being assertive and knowing his rights ) resisting arrest. He’s not a man to go quietly or be cowed by intimidation and bullying tactics. But just look at the scale of the police response, just for one bloke! He’s not even a terrorist so it makes me wonder how they would tackle an actual armed and dangerous attacker. I’m sure not as many attended to apprehend that psycho in Dublin after he attacked kids and a teacher. Totally disproportionate;
https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1728781383424733683
What an utter disgrace the Met are. Shameful.
Correct ! It seems people in Dublin have had enough !
Had an interesting chat with PC securing a crime scene in south London. He defended Rowley to a degree but was utterly scathing about his immediate superiors – very fed up.
Thanks for posting.
The Met’s treatment of Robinson is nothing less than bullying and intimidation. I was at the march this afternoon. There were plenty of police in attendance. A couple of them could have been deployed to keep an eye on him just in case of trouble, though given the good natured atmosphere, nothing seemed likely to occur.
Nothing on todays DS ( Monday) about this
Oh iam sure he does have opinions…. Just that the forced narrative means he cant share them…..
Or does he want to represent the views of his constituents?
Ha! Representing constituents? My rear end!
I have the misfortune to be represented by this MP. Only a week or two after the World Council for Health Urgent Expert Hearing on the jabs (showing them to be contaminated with substances that could not have got there by accident), he was on x.com urging people to take their covid-19/flu kill shots.
This guy has been leafleted, mailed, emailed continuously about these dangerous jabs right from the start and he does nothing but parrot the party line. Then, even after all this, he is recommending more jabs. The guy is an absolute disgrace!
Interesting, thanks.
Basically then Darren Jones is complicit in murder. What a guy.
As far as I know, all MPs have been served notice – or at least informed – about these lethal jabs and the awful statistics coming from ONS and MHRA.
You would be hard-pressed to find any MP who is not in some sense complicit – with the exception of Andrew Bridgen.
My sympathies in having such a nitwit to ‘represent you’ when of course he represents himself and his own bank account.
The scale of graft and bribes in Pharma-ment. the payoffs by Pfizer and the 2019 bankrupt ModeRNA et al must be massive. Yet the only peep we have heard is Bridgen saying he refused an ’emolument’ or ahem a ‘commission’.
MPs are whores and cheap ones. I guess you could buy the whole lot of 650 less about 20, say 630 for £50.000 each or let’s say £30-50 million in total. This is chump change when, as ModeRNA did, your revs go from nearly 0 to $22 billion in 2 years…..
Good for him. As is his right.
I hate this kind of gotcha journalism.
And I hate that the DS engages in it.
Maybe the guy is an antisemite. I doubt it though. What I know is that no attempt has been made to get a nuanced opinion from the guy, which is what her probably has.
This is garbage journalism, defining an issue as black or white, drawing a battle line and then going around like the inquisition looking for anyone who doesn’t enthusiastically declare themselves on the “right” side of it.
Completely useless, divisive garbage.
I greatly enjoy any opportunity to rubbish our politicians.
Agreed. I would far prefer honest an inquiry to obtain a picture of how well this person appreciates today’s issues.
Labelling it “antisemitism” imposes a ‘virtual boundary’ (attributed to Jordan P) that requires people to state their position. It’s too close to the tactics of my opponents and I try not to acquit myself in this manner.
Bang on. Again. There are three types of people that see this conflict as a black or white issue:
1) the people that are moronic
2) the people lacking humanity
3) the people with something to gain
There’s at least one contributor that fits into group 1) but I can’t quite make sense of the DS narrow minded take on it all.
Yes I agree. Everyone is busy taking sides on this conflict and being outraged by those taking the opposite side, or at least what they perceive to be the opposite side. Surely the stance of the DS should be scepticism of both sides.
Likewise, I probably don’t agree with this guy, but I would also acknowledge that the secular State of Israel has behaved appallingly towards the Palestinians during this century. It is not at all anti semitic to say that, and I am also a huge admirer of Jewish culture.
Hey DS, having, or even withholding, an opinion isn’t a flaw. Your recent articles on this subject presuppose a specific ‘correct’ viewpoint and are beginning to feel like an editorial line by DS.
It’s okay for DS to point out hypocrisy, bias and overt censorship in the MSM, but the view espoused by the FSU (and a key reason I subscribe), is that someone else’s view is their own.
I’d actually prefer for someone in a leadership role to say “I’m very uncomfortable with (x), but don’t know enough to lead on this topic so I don’t wish to be partisan. But on these other topics, I’ll die-on-a-hill… etc.” I’d trust that person more…
His ilk were hiding down the mines during the Second World War.