What Julia means is that on this particular occasion her attempt to use a horrible incident thousands of miles away about which she (and us) knew nothing in order to stir up racism, hatred and division backfired.
Both Islamophobes and Antisemites have been having a field day with this appalling tragedy at Bondi Junction.
Police have named the perpetrator as forty-year-old Queenslander Joel Cauchi and said there was nothing to suggest any religious, political or ideological motive.
Another way to look at it would be to acknowledge and understand that the Iranian regime trains, arms and funds Hamas, and that October 7th was very much due to the Iranian regime.
But that would require Owen having a worldview in which Israel *isn’t* the ultimate evil.
When you have an agenda to push, you get in early and use any tragedy to push it. Hartley-Brewer does not know what the details are in this situation. Police have said speculation is unhelpful but the important thing for her was that she got attention for herself and her cause.
Streeting is *not* arguing for privatisation. He is saying that the NHS should use private providers to reduce waiting lists while building capacity. And he is absolutely right.
Helen, here, reminding us that the British debate over these issues has been a triumph of good-mannered decorum in comparison to the insanity running amok in the United States.
Hang on , Aaron, what about John McDonnell employing Corbyn’s son Seb or Corbyn employing Andrew Murray’s daughter Laura, Len McCluskey’s mistress Karie Murphy & John Prescott’s son David? Corbyn’s Labour was replete with jobs for friends & family.
This is pathetic. Rayner is absolutely right to say, if she is found to have broken the law, she will resign. As was Starmer when Tories wasted police time with the confected nonsense that was “Beergate”.
Looking at Andrew’s Twitter timeline, I’m not sure it reflects the major day-to-day concerns of the Holborn & St Pancras electorate. But I was only born and brought up there, so may not know.