jewishnews.timesofisrael.com
Indeed. It’s quite scary really. Despite her protestations she either is antisemetic or went down a momentum rabbit hole without questioning its validity. Either way she looks stupid.Peake has “clarified” her comments
‘I was inaccurate’, says Maxine Peake after linking George Floyd death to Israel
Actress says she was wrong but stops short of apology, day after sacking of Labour shadow minister Rebecca Long-Bailey for sharing her claim
No. Why would you think that ? There is a difference between the Jewish state and Jewish people. Corbyns Labour Party didn’t distinguish between the state of Israel and its people which equals anti Semitic behaviour
Hasn't this been discussed before?
Fair enough he should be going on the evidence but the suggestion was that he told them not to prosecute to prevent Islamophobia. If this was the case he was in the wrong job.
Hasn't this been discussed before?
I only have knowledge of this by hearsay. My understanding is that the then DPP - the then Keir Starmer QC - avoided any involvement with the matter other than was strictly necessary for his office. I have heard more or less the same thing from several different people, including someone who was a tenant under him - and who, although a good friend of mine, is a nauseating liberal-lefty just like Sir KS (in fact, it's very hard to get into those chambers without being that way).
Anyway, the above could be taken in one of several ways: as meaning that he had an even more 'hands-off' delegatory management style than Boris does (bear in mind that it was a nationally important case); as indicating that he was too busy on other matters (possible, but not that likely); as the result of his being terrified of getting anywhere near it (not unlikely, but not certain).
He certainly wasn't a great DPP; but I'm not aware and nor have I heard rumours of his trying, in any way, to prevent or undermine the Rochdale prosecutions, but merely to avoid involvement with them.
The thing about words is that it's best to use the right ones. In this case 'Keir' is far better than 'Keith', not just for the obvious aesthetic reasons, but because... that's the fellow's name.
The thing about words is that it's best to use the right ones. In this case 'Keir' is far better than 'Keith', not just for the obvious aesthetic reasons, but because... that's the fellow's name.
Other than that, if you've a membership of a professional body and, particularly, such a collegiate one as the Bar, you'll know that an enormous amount of information is passed on obliquely. Further, friends pass things on. But you very probably don't have any such membership, or chums, so your ignorance of all that can be forgiven - unlike your ignorance of the name in question.
As for the internal workings - i.e. machinations - of the CPS... who knows? But it has been known over here for people with political ambitions to take them into consideration - and act accordingly - as they progress in any given career, and in the ROI too I believe.
