Moreover, he did so in the pages of the increasingly desperate and downmarket Telegraph, under the headline “Streeting vows to root out NHS anti-Semitism … Health Secretary will urge regulators to discipline doctors and nurses expressing ‘racist or extremist views’ about Gaza conflict”.
And so someone - whether Streeting himself, someone on his behalf, or one of the Tel’s luckless hacks - instantly fell foul of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, which states that criticism of Israel, as one might criticise any country’s Government and actions, is not in itself anti-Semitic. The thought also enters that Mr S may be chucking the dead cat to distract from his own shortcomings, or that someone else, whisper it quietly, may be speaking.
But let’s see what else the Tel has been told, however predictable and pathetic. “Wes Streeting has called on regulators to strike off doctors who bring extremist views about Gaza into the workplace in a crackdown on anti-Semitism in the NHS” … The Health Secretary told the Telegraph he would enforce a ‘zero tolerance approach’”. Two things here.
One, if there is to be a crackdown on anti-Semitism, it must not only exist in the NHS, but must also not be taken seriously at present. But neither Streeting, nor the Tel, does any more than cite a few personal opinions. And Two, if he’s “calling on regulators”, then it is they who take the appropriate action. So Streeting isn’t going to “enforce” anything himself.
Which brings us to the question of who is speaking. Is it really Streeting? Is it one of Starmer’s inner sanctum? Is it someone like, oh I dunno, Morgan McSweeney? It was the latter who has been quoted by “sources” not unadjacent to Himself as being involved in actions to discredit former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn by playing the anti-Semitism card. Rather a lot.
And why go running to the Telegraph, a title that has veered so far to the right that it now regularly gives space to Reform UK and its Oberscheissenführer Nigel “Thirsty” Farage, someone who I concluded long ago was a congenital liar, a racist bigot, and a con man? Did Streeting take that step of his own accord? Did other titles turn down this particular Dead Cat Opportunity?
If whoever is speaking is not an elected MP, then perhaps they could rectify the problem by becoming one. Meanwhile, maybe Wes Streeting, or someone on his behalf, could confirm that this apparent attempt to cause voters to Look Over There has nothing to do with what his former opponent Leanne Mohamad had just told her Facebook followers.
“I have sent a letter of complaint this week to the Electoral Commission and Redbridge electoral services outlining serious irregularities on the night of the count on July 5th in Ilford North, raising questions regarding compliance with electoral law and guidance. I have retained Bindmans LLP and specialist King’s Counsel on this issue”. Which could result in a by-election.
A by-election which Wes Streeting may well lose. I’ll just leave that one there.
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One of those who had a hand up Streeting's arse was shot in the USA. But his place was taken by a Brit. Streeting/Millburn will be relieved to hear.
This is a grave matter, Tim, and needs to be taken seriously.
The word on the street around here is that anger at the land-grab in Golan and the West Bank, revulsion at the genocide in Gaza and sympathy for the suffering Palestinian people has reached such a pitch among medical staff and patients that, with Wes Streeting's blessing, Israel is planning to withdraw its ambassador from my local hospital on the grounds of its anti-semitism and collusion with terrorism.
Is McSweeney a Tory plant? Seriously. Nothing he ever does is in the interest of the Labour party, and nothing he ever does ends well. Having helped Labour lose two elections because the leader was not to his taste, he then spends five years whitewashing his choice, only for that choice to nearly fumble the ball as actual policy announcements saw Labours poll lead collapse during the election run in.
Now of course it's his job to present the govts policies, getting top civil servants on board in the process. Thus far, not only has he failed to do so, but people are already talking of a Farage led govt, and Labour being wiped out completely at the next election - whenever that may be.
So, what exactly is McSweeneys brief? If he's the genius Starmer and the rest of the useless shower of right wing gits think he is, how come the govt are already in such a mess? One, that like Bidens, looks irretrievable with just months, not years gone?
As for Streeting, God I'd love to see that git lose a by election...
It's impossible to describe the contempt one feels for a treacherous little shit like Streeting. He's Millburn 2, just as McSweeney is McTernan 2. These gobshites are everything wrong with Britain. Sooner or later there's going to be the most enormous political reaction. 45 years of far right toryism has brought the country to its knees.
Streeting isn't the only one. The Labour Party ceased being a moral force in 1997.
https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/government-advisers-racist-rant-from?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2j9682
I am a longtime NHS nursing assistant. Me, along with all other healthcare staff, having compassion for the less fortunate and believing in solidarity to the surviving heathcare staff in Gaza. Wanting justice for innocent people.. why that's just awful !
What is that motto we abide ? First do no harm. Toad Streeting wants us to do harm. Give into Zionist israeli intimidation which threatens not only Palastinians but innocent Jewish people. Including those in Israel.
Saw him described as “Weasley Streeting” the other day; hopefully this was a nod to John Cooper Clarke rather than Enoch Blyton.
Remember how Streeting praised Stephen Brearey as a heroic whistle-blower last year? That has not aged well, has it?
The same Stephen Brearey who killed a baby through his staggering incompetence, then blamed it on Lucy Letby.
Apparently "there's no money" for pensioners heating, feeding children in poverty, the NHS and Waspi women. But billions for fascist racist Israel and Ukraine.
Far right Quisling "Labour" message: Suck it up. We're in control.
Unfortunately that reaction, as it has across all of Europe, and the USA, will be to vote even further right. Farage is already eyeing up swastika wallpaper for number ten as we speak.
The far right offer easy answers to complex questions (as does the right in general) and unencumbered by having to tell the truth, make people face harsh realities, and present unpalatable options, they breeze into positions of power they're manifestly unsuited for.
Cue early successes, backed by a compliant media, as immigrants are shown the door, businesses lap up being able to do whatever they want without fear of employees having rights, and thus profits soar, as wages collapse, and no access to benefits means work - or die.
Unfortunately, as Hungarians have found (not to mention the odd Russian) giving business a free hand, crushing opposition, freedom of speech, and chucking out people with a pigmentation problem, is not a feasible long term economic plan. But hey, let's not, as right wing people never do, let facts get in the way of a good fairy story...
Streeting is a typical Starmer recruit. Yet another without "emotional space". A dead faced moron without a trace of human decency or common sense. A thief in thief's clothing.
Now proposed ambassador to the US...."Two Mortgages" Mandelson, pal of "suicide" paedophile Epstein.
There's your link between Streeting/Milburn and the Brit CEO of United"Health". All pals thieving together.
All a coincidence. Of course it is.
Gosh, it's all so "complex", so "nuanced", so "confusing", only more of the same far right capitalist PFI thievery can "save" the NHS.
They know how to do this in the privatised water supply/sanitation industry: poison the supply, reward the perpetrators, and get mugs to cough up for it all. Streeting/Milburn will copy the thievery, overseen by the Starmer/Reeves Quisling gang. It's what they're paid for.
Yes, "complications" everywhere.
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/12/20/yorkshire-water-price-increase/
This is the thievery Streeting/Milburn "aspire" to:
https://ceoworld.biz/2023/05/10/highest-paid-health-insurance-ceos-six-ceos-raked-in-a-record-123-million-last-year/
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