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Nick Clegg strikes again!
Could she have picked a more controversial subject?
It's not the truth, it's her opinion...
Besides, when could or did politicians ever speak the truth? Not for a very long time IMO.
[i]It's not the truth, it's her opinion...[/i]
This. She's allowed to say what she likes but if she wants to be a member of the club called 'LibDems' she has to abide by the rules.
(I do tend to agree with her though - particularly the bit about US withdrawal of financial support)
Nope, it's the truth.
Nothing is going to be wherever it is, forever...
Israel is acting against international law, the Geneva Conventions, and human rights.
that's not her opinion clubber, that's a fact
Possibly binners (can't claim to be an expert in that area) but this isn't:
A Liberal Democrat peer has resigned from the party after saying Israel [b]"is not going to be there forever".[/b]Baroness Tonge also told a university audience that the country would [b]"reap what it's sown"[/b] in the Middle East - drawing criticism from party leader Nick Clegg and Labour's Ed Miliband.
(yes, I know factually, nothing will be there forever but that clearly isn't what she was implying)
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Fair play to her for sticking to her guns i say.
I'd say, if Iran gets its way, then ultimately.....
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She may have a point
But likewise you can say that about most countries and someone who hates them. I bet even the Swiss have someone who'd like to nuke them; maybe the belgians over the whole chocolate thing?
Does she actually say that Israel won't be there forever, or that American funding of Israel won't be there forever? If you read the actual quote in the story rather than the paraphrasing.
And binners, all that stuff about Iran supposedly saying they want to 'wipe Israel off the map' is cobblers. They're not big fans obviously but why would they be?
Still opinion though isn't it?
Grum. Alright, [i]the actual[/i] 'wipe Israel off the map' quote was taken out of context
But at the end of the day, Iran is a nation run by a bunch of fundamentalist nut jobs, and is relentless in its quest to develop nuclear weapons. Actually, exactly the same could be said of Israel too, only they've already got nukes
Where she went wrong was addressing people at the University of Middlesex. Clearly a made up institution.
The University of Middlesex won't be there forever. Not with the LibDems supporting the fees hike....
Iran is a nation run by a bunch of fundamentalist nut jobs, and is relentless in its quest to develop nuclear weapons
You're just stirring now ๐
Mind you, I'd argue, irrespective of your views of Iranian leadership, the sensible thing to do is for them to develop nuclear weapons. The West has clearly demonstrated that having them will ensure that while you'll be threatened and embargoed you won't get invaded - eg N. Korea.
Mmmm. Hobnobs.
[i]She was sacked as a health spokeswoman in 2010 after she claimed Israeli troops sent to Haiti after the earthquake there were trafficking organs.[/i]
She certainly has anti-Israeli form...
I was thinking Fox's Viennese
I agree with you completely clubber. History has shown that if you're in the nuclear club you get left well alone. If I was I'm-a-dinner-jacket, I'd be hell bent on getting hold of them too
The most likely scenario is that the LibDems won't be there for ever.
What sensible person would want to be an MP if your opinions are formed for you by party wonks?
What a hateful woman. British politics is far better off without her.
What a hateful woman. British politics is far better off without her.
Why does not being a fan of one of the worst pariah states make her a hateful woman?
What a hateful woman. British politics is far better off without her.
I know. How could anyone possibly take issue with a nation that behaves as impeccably as the Israelis? ๐
WTF's that ??BH-Suck-Pool
How could anyone possibly take issue with a nation that behaves as impeccably as the Israelis?
Regardless, it's still hateful. There are PLENTY of nations who behave terribly (we don't have a great track record ourselves).
Oh well, she's gone now. No point wasting breath on her is it?
one sugar or two?
Dark chocco Hobnobs! OMG!!
I think (hope) that a big change in Israel will be due to internal politics not external influence.
The only thing that'll change Israels behavior is if the Americans stop constantly indulging its every request.
And that just isn't going to happen
There's plenty of internal strife between the state, the Haredim and moderate Jews and secular Israelis and between the different ultra-orthodox sects.
10% of the population is Hasidic but they make up 61% of 1st grade pupils in Israeli schools. The economic implications of this are massive let alone the social implications.
Are they the ones with the hats and curls? I thought they all spent their days driving Volvos around Prestwich?
But she said it definitely was going to happen!
binners - Member
Are they the ones with the hats and curls?
Yup and in Israel the men prefer full time Torah study to work which mean the state pays massive benefits to these communities (60% of Haredi men are unemployed and the average number of chidren per family is 8).
[url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/27/israel-ultra-orthodox-jews-haredi-exemption?newsfeed=true ]Recent Guardian piece highlighting other areas of internal tension[/url]
The massive Haredi birth rate sustains the Jewish element of the population. It also means that the proportion of Israel's population who are ultra-orthodox has rocketed to more than 10%, with the vast majority of Haredi males going into yeshiva learning rather than completing their national service. Full-time Torah study used to be the preserve of only the most talented and able-minded scholars, while the rest worked for a living and contributed to the upkeep of the students.However, the fiscal capitulation of successive Israeli governments to the Haredim has meant almost every adult Haredi male can now afford to eschew paid employment in favour of yeshiva study, to the chagrin of secular Israeli society. Their sense of injustice is heightened over the issue of national service, and rightly so, yet their pleas to the Haredim to do their bit fall on deaf ears.
Cheers Lifer. I shall have a read of that.
Every days a school day on here ๐
b r - MemberShe was sacked as a health spokeswoman in 2010 after she claimed Israeli troops sent to Haiti after the earthquake there were trafficking organs.
She certainly has anti-Israeli form...
Doesn't mean it isn't true.
Doesn't mean it is.....
And with no evidence (as is usually required when making accusations like this) she hasn't a leg to stand on. She's a hateful, intolerant, bigot.
I swear I saw her fighting with that asshat down at the allotment yesterday.
In her Forum 13 lecture Scheper-Hughes discussed the two motivations of Israeli traffickers. One was greed, she said. The other was somewhat chilling: โRevenge, restitutionโreparation for the Holocaust.โย
She was accompanied by the Laurel & Hardy theme tune.
Dark chocco Hobnobs! OMG!!
That's just typical of the criticism we are up against - any proposal is just rejected as an attempt to nobble the peace process with the dark arts. I am disgusted by your innuendo and disgraceful slang.
What's this country coming to when a House of Lords peer can't make an ill-informed, juvenile proclamation on foreign affairs?
She's obviously not fit for frontline politics, but these sort of alehouse statements are par for the course in the Lords - bit harsh to get the boot.
She's a hateful, intolerant, bigot.
well you would recognis one ๐
Opposition to what Israel has done/does does not make you a bigot
Being intolerant of injustices that state dishes out on a daily basis to the palestinian population in terms of illegal land grabs, illegal settlements etc or opposin git killing peole abroad is not hateful its callef justice and the law
Without the US veto there would be an extraordinary amount of UN resolutions against this country --iirc USA has the most vetos of any country and the majority are Israel related
You cannot just defend Israel carte blanche becasue it has the right to exist -- we can reasonably expect it to act reasonably and within International law
Criticising its actions does not make you hateful it make you dislike oppresssion whoever does it
The Peer seemed top be syaing the US funding would not last forever not Israel
It is odd even in the UK you cannot criticise Israel without knee jerk reactions but we can portray Iran as anything we like...mmm interesting