The road to London and New York lies through Gaza

https://twitter.com/OwenJones84

It is interesting to observe how keen the British Left is on Palestinian statehood.

I have no view on whether a Palestinian "state" would he helpful to the Middle Eastern situation.

I do however think it is odd that committed socialists, who usually proclaim an internationalist ideology, should in the case of the Palestinians advocate a nationalist solution.

Surely the Left should be calling for the Palestinian proletariat to join hands with the Israeli proletariat in defeating the forces of oppression on both sides?  Ridiculously naive that argument might be, but at least it would be consistent with their previous statements on nationalism.  Instead we see this pro-Palestinian opportunism (which one suspects is just a way of attacking Israel for no other reason than that Israel is a Western ally - The road to London and New York lies through Gaza as Lenin might say if he were here, which thank goodness he is not).

A few more references:

https://twitter.com/Bonn1eGreer 

https://twitter.com/KerryMP 

The above exchange is interesting in that it shows Bonnie Greer making comments about the Palestinians which are picked up by Labour MP Kerry McCarthy who immediately draws them to the attention of Danny Alexander (Shadow Foreign Secretary) during the course of a debate in the House of Commons about whether the United Kingdom should endorse the idea of a Palestinian "state".

What are we to make of this?

Why should Bonnie Greer be able to lobby her personal views at the highest levels of our parliamentary democracy?

Bonnie Greer was born an American and it is unclear how she came to be granted British citizenship or awarded the OBE or made a Trustee of the British Museum (a key establishment post).  Her position and status in the United Kingdom seems to have been entirely sponsored by the Labour party.  This is an example of why the Establishment has become so rotten - ordinary people cannot get near the Establishment, while at the same time the party political elite hands out establishment honours and sinecures to individuals who seem to have a very dubious commitment to the long-term interests of the British people.

The whole thing stinks.

 

https://twitter.com/BenPBradshaw