[ritchiebaby]

I feel a wee bit sorry for RLB, because I don't think she meant anything malicious in that at all. But twitter and politicians are a dangerous mix, especially with a subject as sensitive as that for the Labour Party.  Starmer had to act decisively - plus it draws a line under the Corbyn era and makes him look good while Boris is slithering around the corruption of one of his own ministers. Thats politics. Thats 'optics'.

Of course it's entirely possible the IDF supplied that kind of training to US police, there are plenty of images of them treating Palestinians to that particular knee on throat hold. Proving it is another thing though.

It just goes to prove that "re-tweeting" is a lazy way of getting a point across. I'm sure that Rebecca LB didn't mean to indicate that she agreed with all of the original post. but the fact that Maxine Peake withdrew the Israeli Secret Service allegation wouldn't help her case.

I'll just add that during my youth, I remember the race riots in America in the 60s and, judging by recent events, absolutely nothing has changed, so violence is not the answer. Racist parents will produce racist children, unless the school system can somehow intervene to lessen any prejudices. To me, that is the only positive way forward. But I'm not expecting any movement on that front, given the chasm between the two extremes.