Friday, 10 April 2020

Not a belated April Fools joke


So guess who has been made Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion by Sir Keir Starmer? Yes, Naz Shah, the Labour MP who:

  • Was suspended by the Labour Party following tweets she herself conceded were anti-Semitic, including one suggesting Israel should be relocated to the USA with the words "problem solved".
  • Marked the death of Winnie Mandela with a quote celebrating necklacing. 
  • Denounced the MP for Rotherham, Sarah Champion, for writing an article about how "Britain had a problem with Pakistani men targeting vulnerable white girls".
  • Retweeted and 'liked' a post of Twitter that said "Those abused girls in Rotherham and elsewhere just need to shut their mouths. For the good of diversity".

It's a good thing Dr Harold Shipman isn't still alive or Sir Keir might have made him Minister for Palliative Care.

Wonder if the BBC will take Labour to task over this?