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Call me old fashioned, but I think sending billions of dollars worth of bombs to facilitate a genocide and dismember thousands of children is less civil than heckling a war criminal.
Tonight's BBC News at Ten showed very brief footage of a protester being bundled out of Labour's conference after he'd interrupted Starmer's speech. It then showed a smirking Starmer deliver a put-down: "This guy has obviously got a pass from the 2019 conference.โ
What the BBC cut out of its report was what the protester actually said.
When Starmer told delegates "Every child, every person, deserves to be respected for the contribution they makeโ, the protester called out: โDoes that include the children of Gaza?โ
Understandably, the BBC realised that Starmer's pre-scripted, jokey response to an expression of concern at Israel's killing and maiming of tens of thousands of Gaza's children โ and his suggestion that only the Labour party of old cared about genocide โ might damage his image with viewers. So they decided to cut it out.
Which is bad enough. It shouldn't be the job of the BBC to do Starmer's PR.
But worse, their political editor Chris Mason then had the temerity to conclude his report by stating that how Starmer's speech was received by delegates wasn't the main measure of its success: "It's what you make of it that really matters."
But how can the public make an informed assessment of who Starmer is, or what values he espouses, when the BBC is doctoring the coverage to make him appear more human and principled than he actually is?
The BBC isn't reporting the news, it's fashioning it.
Someone heckles Keir Starmer about the mass slaughter of children in Gaza.
Starmer laughs and suggests he got his pass from the 2019 Labour conference.
Genuinely vile behaviour.
On Saturday 21st September all roads lead to Liverpool for the 19th National March for Palestine. Join us outside the Labour Party Conference as we demand Keir Starmer & the UK government ends all complicity with Israel's genocide - starting with a 2 way arms embargo.
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And suddenly my phone , our security system , my kids tablets are time bombs that detonate at the whims of one country . You win Israel . Not a single politician or late night show talks about this ? None of that worth the news ? Nothing โfunnyโ can come out of it ? The whole country is truly a hostage. The whole world is.
๐จ National March for Palestine - End the Genocide in Gaza
๐ St George's Plateau, Lime St Station, Liverpool
โฐ Saturday 21 September, 12 Noon
Join us as we march to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool to demand Keir Starmer and our government completely #StopArmingIsrael
Youโll hear moving accounts from health workers who were on the ground, powerful poetry, and speeches from a lineup of inspiring speakers, whose voices will amplify the urgent call for peace.
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Hundreds of Israeli citizens were killed by Israeli forces on Oct7.
ABC:
โThis was a mass Hannibal. Thousands of people in every type of vehicle, some with hostagesโ Colonel Erez said.
โ28 fighter helicopters shot all of the ammunition in their belliesโ https://t.co/EhSO84yNQ4