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Decency and honesty is what matters Right/Left doesn't.

[Vicky Richter🇩🇪🇺🇸🇧🇷🇬🇧 @VickyR1chter]

Hands Off, Please: When an MP Decides Transparency Is Optional

Independent politician Ayoub Khan would very much like the public—and inconveniently curious colleagues—to stop asking questions. Especially about the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.. The message is clear: nothing to see here, move along, and for heaven’s sake don’t let the Prime Minister or other MPs “stick their noses in.”

That alone should set off alarms.

In a parliamentary democracy, scrutiny isn’t interference; it’s the job description. When an elected representative treats oversight as an intrusion, the question isn’t why others are asking—it’s why he’s resisting. The reflex to shut down debate doesn’t signal confidence. It signals discomfort.

This episode has all the familiar notes of a tidy political tune-up: downplay the stakes, frame legitimate questions as meddling, and suggest the public is misunderstanding what is, apparently, very simple. It’s not simple. Bans—especially those touching sport, public order, and international sensitivities—demand explanation. Silence invites suspicion.

What makes this worse is the gaslighting. The insistence that concern equals bad faith. The suggestion that transparency itself is the problem. That’s not leadership; it’s narrative management.

If the decision stands on solid ground, it can withstand daylight. If it doesn’t, no amount of indignation will keep the questions out. Parliament doesn’t exist to protect politicians from scrutiny. It exists to protect the public from decisions made in the dark.

When an MP tells everyone else to keep their noses out, it’s usually because there’s a smell he’d rather you didn’t notice.

[Eylon Levy @EylonALevy]

He only moved back to Australia two weeks ago, to fight the explosion of antisemitism there. Now @Ostrov_A was injured in the Bondi Beach terror attack—and bounced straight back up to tell the media about the ordeal.

[Lee Harris @LeeHarris]

I can't believe what I've just watched.

This is what Labour MP Lola McEvoy said following the terror attack on Bondi Beach.

"We should try to detoxify the way we think of people who aren't like us, because *diversity is our strength*"

This is what you call suicidal empathy.

[Dilly Hussain @DillyHussain88]

The brave man who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters is Ahmed al Ahmed.

He is a 43-year-old Muslim shopkeeper from Sydney and a married father of two.

[BNO News @BNONews]

WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney

[5Pillars @5Pillarsuk]

BREAKING: A large gathering of British Orthodox Jews gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in London on Thursday to condemn the forced conscription of religious Jews into the IDF and Israel’s wider crimes against Jews and Judaism.

According to these Jews, Zionism and Israel are secular concepts with no basis in Judaism.

They condemned the IDF and Israel for brainwashing religious Jews and turning them against true Judaism, and insisted that there is no such thing as an Israeli national identity—only the religion and its practitioners.

@Bob_cart124

[Pinchas Levy @Pinchas_Levy]

Pictures from today’s protest in Central London

אלפים מהקהילה החסידית בלונדון יצאו להפגין מול שגרירות ישראל בלונדון נגד החוק להכריח בחורי ישיבות לשרת בצה״ל.

[lee harpin @lmharpin]

Over 2,000 Stamford Hill Orthodox Jews protest outside Israeli embassy against IDF conscription https://t.co/bmpVDwVvBZ via @JewishNewsUK

[Jewish News @JewishNewsUK]

Over 2,000 Stamford Hill Orthodox Jews protest outside Israeli embassy against IDF conscription https://t.co/lEwPoA2uEY via @JewishNewsUK

[Pinchas Levy @Pinchas_Levy]

EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: thousands of ultra orthodox Jews from Stamford Hill, have gathered in Central London near the Israeli embassy, to protest against the Israeli government’s plans to force all Yeshiva students to serve in the IDF.
@IsraelinUK

[Vincent Stops @VincentStops]

Queens Bridge Road in Hackney is performing as poorly as Green Lanes. In the 18 months since the installation of the ‘protected’ bike lane there have been 5 collisions, severity slight. In an equivalent earlier period there were, 3 slight injuries. Protected bike lanes anyone?

[Vincent Stops @VincentStops]

They call them ‘protected cycleways. Really. In the 26 months of the Green Lanes bike lane in Hackney there were 9 cycle casualties, 2 serious. In the equivalent period 2018 to 2020 there were 6 slight, NO SERIOUS injuries. Protected bike lanes anyone!

[Alan Russell @soxgnasher]

Following a BUF Political meeting in Victoria Park and aftermath of subsequent riots. Jewish shops in Hackney had windows smashed 1936

[Pinter Trust @PinterTrust]

Just another day for the fantastic @Hatzola emergency first responder volunteers serving the local #Hackney #Haringey communities 🚑.

[Shomrim (London North & East) @Shomrim]

#HappyHanukkah2022

@Shomrim with Deputy Commissioner @DameLynneOwens QPM at the @JewishPoliceAs

#Chanukah party 🕎 🥳 🎉 🍩 in @metpoliceuk New Scotland Yard

#MenorahLighting

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

[Mayor of Hackney @mayorofhackney]

Sadly while we can light up the night for #Hannukah, the rain has forced us indoors from Town Hall Square, but the music & atmosphere is still beautiful & full of celebration.

[Mayor of Hackney @mayorofhackney]

Here is just a taste of the wonderful music tonight at our #Hanukkah event from Simon Marks Jewish Primary School Choir with Miles de Cruz, some powerful speeches from especially @Shomrim's Rabbi Gluck alongside @EttiSade, @AnntoinetteBra1 & Deputy Speaker @anyasizer.

[🌹Cllr Seema Chandwani @CllrSeema]

It’s been a pleasure to work with you. You have been inspirational and so great to work with.