POLITICS CORNER

[Whyperion]

If it helps the US are somewhat (as a population) losing interest in Israel. I didnt realise US politicians were pretty much divided even in 1948 . Israel (Ben Gurian) Pretty much forced the hand with declaring Palestine as Israel - with Gaza and West Bank basically being western compromises for the general population prior to the increased settlement of (mainly displaced from Europe etc people of Jewish faith).

[Stanley]

I totally agree with you Ian. At this very moment women and children are starving death due to famine caused deliberately by the IDF as a weapon of war.
At first I thought it was simply the right wing Zionists in the Knesset who were at fault but I am afraid I am now beginning to ask why the Israeli population are allowing their government to act in this manner.
It is now perfectly clear that Israel will never agree to a two-state solution and are not going to rest until the Palestinian Arabs have been driven out of what we used to call Palestine. We can never again assume that Syria and Lebanon are stable, they could well be next on the shopping list.

[Stanley]

See THIS outstanding example of being too stubborn and wilful for the good of the Party....
Sir Keir Starmer has defended the decision to axe winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners, as calls for a reversal of the policy continue. A group of around 45 Labour MPs representing seats in northern England and the Midlands have joined those urging the government to rethink the move. During Prime Minister's Questions, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch pressed Sir Keir to "listen to his own party and change course". The policy has partly been blamed for Labour's poor performance in last week's local elections in England, which saw the party lose two-thirds of the council seats it was defending.
He and his colleagues have ignored the protests of the Party Members since before the election. It is a dreadful mistake.

[Stanley]

See THIS BBC report
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing rebellion by Labour MPs over planned welfare cuts some have warned are "impossible to support" without a "change of direction". In a letter to The Guardian,, external 42 MPs said proposed welfare savings worth £5bn a year by 2030 had "caused a huge amount of anxiety and concern among disabled people and their families". The MPs urged ministers to delay any decisions until assessments of the potential impact of the cuts on employment and health had been published.
Starmer and Reeves are wrong if they think this is going away. As someone pointed out yesterday, remember Margaret Thatcher and the Poll Tax.