Labour Farce Continues



The latest craze in Labour politics seems to be senior figures eating their own words or disavowing their own behaviour after saying or doing something especially stupid and ghastly.

Take the leader of Brent Council in London, Muhammed Butt, who shared a clip on his Facebook page recently which claimed that:

“Israel is a terrorist state like ISIS.”

The Brent and Kilburn Times (a local paper) reports that when contacted by Jewish News to expand upon his comments Councillor Butt responded: 

“I apologise for sharing this on social media. I do not agree with these views and as Leader of Brent Council I have championed diversity, tolerance and respect for all faith communities, and will continue to do so.”

Jeremy Corbyn seems to have fallen foul of the same problem in relation to his recent claim that Labour was "not going to lose seats" in today's local council elections in England.

But now the Labour leader's official spokesperson, Seumas Milne (whom I've long regarded as an Arrogant Tosser), claims that his boss was misinterpreted, albeit by several journalists at the same time, and what he really meant to say was:"We are not in the business of losing seats".

Amazing, but what really amazes me is that these people are not run out of town for their chutzpah and brass necks. 

  

Brent's Labour leader
Brent Council Labour leader - Muhammed Butt

http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/second_labour_brent_councillor_becomes_embroiled_in_anti_israel_facebook_post_row_1_4519808

Second Labour Brent councillor becomes embroiled in anti-Israel Facebook post row

By Lorraine King - Brent and Kilbrun Times

Cllr Aslam Choudry is the borough's former mayor

A second Labour councillor in Brent has waded into an anti-Israel row involving Facebook a post appeared on his page that called ‘Zionists worse than animals’.




Cllr Choudary's Facebook post last week has since been removed

The post appeared on the page belonging to Cllr Aslam Choudry on the social-networking site last week.

It has since been removed.

Cllr Choudry, who represents the Dudden Hill ward and is a former mayor in Brent, is also a member of Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE); an independent body which advices non-denominational schools on how to teach RE to its pupils.

Last week it was revealed that Cllr Muhammed Butt, the leader of Brent Council, shared a clip on his page which claimed “Israel is a terrorist state like ISIS.”

The 49-year-old, who is the councillor for the Tokyngton ward, is also the lead member for equalities at London Council, a cross-party organisation that presents all 32 boroughs and the City of London.

The post, which was shared on April 16, has since been removed after the Labour Party was alerted to it by online website Jewish News.

When the Times contacted Cllr Butt he apologised for sharing the post adding that he had not noticed the comment comparing Israel to ISIS.

He said: “I am sorry for sharing the post. The video had 17,000 comments and if I had seen it I would never had shared the post in fact I would have reported it to Facebook.

“I am the leader of the most diverse borough in the country, if not Europe, and there is no way I would create any divisions.

“This is a lesson to make sure that people you have on your Facebook page are your actual friends.”

Last week the Labour Party suspended Cricklewood-resident Ken Livingston for “bringing the party into disrepute” after he claimed Hitler had supported Zionism “before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews”.

The former London Mayor and ex-Brent East MP, made the remark while defending Bradford West MP Naz Shah from allegations of anti-Semitism.

Ms Shah was also suspended pending an investigation into controversial social media posts about Israel which she made before becoming an MP.

According to a story by the Daily Telegraph today, the Labour Party has suspended a total of 50 members for anti-Semitic and racist comments.

The Times has contacted Cllr Choudry for a comment.

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