If you need another reason to not vote Tory!
Sounds like something like you’d hear an authoritarian regime doing. I get the idea of backing the party line, but this seems a step too far. Discourse should be encouraged not shunned.
Tory MP sacked from Government job for urging PM to back Gaza ceasefire
Submitted 1 year ago by BobTheBoozer@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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florge@feddit.uk 1 year ago
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 year ago
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
Syldon@feddit.uk 1 year ago
A tory with balls, good for him.
MDZA@feddit.uk 1 year ago
What did we expect from the nasty party? Of course they supports Israel’s right to bomb civilians and starve children.
danielquinn@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Sounds like he’s a man of principle. What’s he doing with the Tories?
Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 1 year ago
From Sunak’s meeting with Netanyahu it’s clear that Sunak is Israel’s poodle.
Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 1 year ago
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.
downpunxx@kbin.social 1 year ago
Gaza was given to Arabs for self rule and determination in 2005, all Jews left Gaza, even Jewish graveyards were dug up and moved, it was theirs to do with as they liked.
They've spent the last 18 years making into a terrorist Disneyland with a dozen Islamofascist terrorist organizations with the stated goal of killing Jews and destroying the state of Israel, they've fired hundreds of thousands of missiles into Israel indiscriminately targeting civilians, and launched countless cross borders attacks against Jewish civilians, including one that caused the largest loss of Jewish life in any single day, anywhere, since the Holocaust on October 7th.
They were given Gaza to live in freedom and self determination, they used it to kill Jews. They were warned. They chose to ignore the warnings.
These acts of terrorism were perpetrated by the entire Gazan community, they voted for Hamas, and allowed Hamas to rule their government for the last 17 years, Hamas and all the other Islamic terrorists in Gaza are not outsiders, they were born in Gaza of Gazans, they were raised in Gaza, they were educated in Gaza, they married and had children of their own in Gaza, their Parents, teachers, mosques, hospitals, are all in Gaza, from which they use to hid and store weapons to attack Jews, Hamas, PIJ and all the other Islamic terrorist in Gaza ARE Gaza, there has been no uprising in Gaza, there have only been attacks on Israel. This is what Gazans have supported and sacrificed for in every way they possibly could.
And now it's here. I do hope they enjoy what they've worked generationaly to achieve. There will be no ceasefire this time.
There is no state of "Palestine", and the way the Arabs have acted for the last 70 years, there never ever will be.
theinspectorst@kbin.social 1 year ago
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 crimes.
You are fascist scum and you can fuck right off.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 1 year ago
These people are just driven by hatred.
Smc87@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Well said
dumdum666@kbin.social 1 year ago
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.
roguetrick@kbin.social 1 year ago
You continue on the quest to get banned from every community in the fediverse.
eratic@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Imagine being the worst user in the entire fediverse? It transcends all communities and all instances of all platforms. That is one hell of an achievement.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 1 year ago
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?
rodolfo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
monsieur, a wafer-thin mint, mmh?
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
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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spittingimage@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.