Tory MP sacked from Government job for urging PM to back Gaza ceasefire
3 years ago by BobTheBoozer to c/unitedkingdom
If you need another reason to not vote Tory!
Much as I dislike the Tories, this his how cabinet government works, you are meant to discuss internally and then take ‘collective responsibility’ once the policy is decided.
Not really surprising that, if you don’t follow the Goverment line, you lose the government position.
Note - he remains an MP and now a lot freer to speak his mind in parliament
Sounds like he's a man of principle. What's he doing with the Tories?
Conflicted by this.
One part of me thinks it's ridiculous that he has ultimately been fired for holding his opinion, and an opinion that many (myself included) hold.
The other part understands why he had to go, and whilst I don't agree with it, he must also have understood what it meant to publicly disagree with the party on this one. I can respect that.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Tory MP Paul Bristow has been sacked from his Government job after breaking ranks to publicly urge Rishi Sunak to push for a “permanent ceasefire” in Gaza.
He has said that Palestinian civilians are facing a “collective punishment” as a result of Israel’s siege and airstrikes campaign in the wake of Hamas’s bloodshed.
Much has been made of the splits in Labour over Sir Keir Starmer’s position on the conflict between Israel and Gaza but the sacking is evidence of Tory divisions too.
He wrote that he is “deeply briefed by the heart-breaking and devastating humanitarian crisis” unfolding in Gaza, having spoken with constituents and meeting with the Peterborough Joint Mosques Council.
The MP said he welcomed Mr Sunak calling for what he has termed “specific pauses” in the fighting to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, home to more than two million people.
But Mr Bristow added: “A permanent ceasefire would save lives and allow for a continued column of humanitarian aid (to) reach the people who need it the most.
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These acts of terrorism were perpetrated by the entire Gazan community, they voted for Hamas
There are 2.3 million people in Gaza. Nearly half of them are children under 14, who were not even alive when a minority of Palestinian voters voted for Hamas in 2006.
You are advocating collective punishment of innocent children - a war crime.
You are fascist scum and you can fuck right off.
These people are just driven by hatred.
Many that weren't before, will be now. If they are still alive.
This whole mess suits Israel far right nutters and the Hamas nutters. Hamas gets more new recruits than they lose old ones. Israel's far right nutters can justify even more eroding of democric structures and land occupation.
Where exactly did you get the info, that there are almost 50 percent of Gaza population that are children under 14? The only info I found concluded that the Gaza Population consists of 40% children under 18.
Apols, the last number I'd seen was 44% from a CIA Factbook dated 2018, but I see the latest now says 40% (but still under-14 not under-18). That's still a shocking number of children in a very densely populated enclave that has been bombed to shit over the last few weeks and is about to be stormed by a modern 21st century ground army.
You continue on the quest to get banned from every community in the fediverse.
Whelp if you are just going to spam then so am I.
@downpunxx is a sad little racist who has to upvote his own posts. Lmao!
You realize we can see that it is you right?
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Sacked for suggesting that the UK encourage people to take a long break from killing each other. This is truly the worst of possible timelines.
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