Duncan

Hi David @DavidTaylor85 You really should be careful about using your position to come after me, because once you do that, people are entitled to look at your own record. You've gone after the BBC over my appearance and questioned why I was given a platform. Let's look at your record. •You backed the proscription of Palestine Action. •You went after Francesca Albanese and opposed the renewal of her UN mandate. •You've defended Labour Friends of Israel and pushed back against scrutiny of pro-Israel influence in Parliament. •You've attacked the Green Party and Zack Polanski over their position on Palestine and Zionism. •You even opposed parliamentary wording referring to "accusations of genocide" in relation to Israel. And you've described Israel as a "lone beacon of democracy, freedom of speech and rule of law" in the region, while it disregards international law, refuses to work with Palestinian Arabs and kills journalists. So forgive me if I'm not going to take lectures from you about who should or shouldn't be given a platform. You have a very clear political position on Israel and Palestine. That's your right. But when you then use your position as an MP to put pressure on the BBC because I was given a platform, people are entitled to ask whether this is really about "standards" or whether it's about the fact that you don't like what people like me say. And if you want to abuse your political power to scrutinise me, I'm going to scrutinise you right back. Hemel Hempstead should know who you REALLY are. Is the kind of MP they want representing them.