It's surely essential that a new, updated list should only be issued after existing members have been consulted to find out if they are certain they wish to continue their membership of LFPME. There should be no question of constructing a new membership list simply by removing the names of individuals who are no longer MP's.'

'the politics of hope must replace the politics of conflict.'

Four go left at the hustings

You're minded to vote for Lisa Nandy, are you? What touching faith! What naive, simple-minded stupor possessed you, to make public your attraction to the Lisa Nandy cause when there was absolutely no need to announce it to the readership of 'Harry's Place.' Information about Lisa Nandy's catastrophic incompetence will show you that your faith was misplaced, I'm sure





The information can be found in an article I published on 'Conservative Woman' https://conservativewoman.co.uk/a-would-be-labour-leader-and-the-shambolic-friends-of-palestine/





The article was published on 7 January, 2020. Lisa Nandy was appointed Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East in 2018. I pointed out that 'the membership list of MPs is strewn with errors.' To give just one example, 'The people of Oldham West and Royton and their constituency MP, Jim McMahon, would be surprised to learn from the list that their MP is Michael Meacher. He died in 2015.' Under the chairmanship of Lisa Nandy, the membership list, which hadn't been updated for years, stayed exactly the same, taking absolutely no account of Labour Party election losses over the years or the voluntary exits of Labour Party MP's. For years and years and at the time the article was published, the membership total claimed remained the same, grossly inflated figure of 131.





On 9 January, 2020, I contacted Lisa Nandy and other members of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East to inform them about the mistakes. I've now sent two emails to all the members, as well as a large number of other people. Result: Lisa Nandy acts decisively! On 13 January, the grossly inflated list was replaced by a much slimmer one: 40 members were lost, including Michael Meacher and many well-known names. Now there are 91 left.





The current membership includes Jeremy Corbyn, Lisa Nandy, of course, Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Emily Thornberry, Jess Phillips, Richard Burgon and Angela Rayner.






The membership information on the Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East Website has been updated, at last, but nothing has been done about the other content. It offers low-level platitudes, not proof in the least that these are enlightened people. The shockingly naive claims could be summarized in words such as these, 'The politics of hope must replace the politics of conflict,' Green Party thinking about the harsh world of international relations and conflict. The relentless bias of the site obviously escapes SarahAB. No mention of the fact that homosexuality is fully legal in Israel and illegal in Gaza. No mention of the Palestinian payments to terrorists, such as the terrorists who attacked Kay Wilson and Christine Luken whilst they were out walking. They killed Christine Luken and left Kay Wilson with multiple stab wounds and multiple broken bones. They confessed to stabbing to death Neta Sorek - after gaining entry to Israel through gaps in the security fence.


In 2017, LFPME published, or perpetrated, this hideous claim: “two-state solution will end the occupation – our solution will be the final solution”. The use of the words 'final solution' is inexcusable, of course, and they were quick to apologize for it, but they're obviously oblivious to the difficulties of the two -state solution.