SALMA VS WES

Islamist rabble-rouser Salma Yaqoob has taken a swipe at Labour moderate Wes Streeting over an article he's written for the Fabian Society.  In a tweet the Corbyn loyalist argued that Streeting should pipe down now that the politics of the left are 'being proven right'.  Hardly.  While it's true that socialism is having a brief moment in the sun, it's only as a consequence of the biggest crisis our country has faced in decades.  It's a short-term fix that will be phased out as coronavirus passes.  Socialism will not solve any of the long-term economic woes we face.

So what really rattled Salma?  Wes Streeting is a long-term critic of Jeremy Corbyn, the hard left and anti-Semitism.  As we all know the hard left are notoriously intolerant of criticism and anyone who bashes the Great Leader.  It doesn't help that Streeting is gay, something that also upsets Yaqoob.  She once described homosexuality as a 'lifestyle choice'.

What is very telling about today's Labour Party is that this horrid woman was allowed to join the party in the first place.  She has a proven track record of anti-Semitism and Islamism, but very quickly gained prominence and a nomination for the party's West Midlands mayoral candidacy.  Contrast this with the case of Femi Izawally who was today blocked from joining Labour merely because he tweeted that he wanted to further the causes of other opposition parties too.  The key difference between the two individuals is that Yaqoob supports Corbyn while Femi does not.

In responding to Yaqoob's tweet, Streeting baited her with the spectre of an old enemy.  When Yaqoob stood as a Respect candidate in the 2017 general election she went up against Labour's Naz Shah in Bradford West.  The campaign was incredibly bitter.

Streeting's article was entitled 'Let Us Face The Future Again' and calls for an end to Corbynism.  He writes:

"There is no future for the Labour party in Corbynism without Corbyn.  The next leader of the Labour party needs to hit a big reset button and to do so loudly enough that the voters notice.  That doesn’t mean that we need to jettison every policy, embrace the damaging economics of austerity or seek solace in past victories.  But it does mean building transformational economic policy that people can believe in, a worldview that provides security and opportunity in turbulent times and a political culture that is open, welcoming and inclusive.

There is no future for the Labour party if the debate about our future becomes locked in an ideological battle between two competing visions of the past instead of building a new politics that can unite the country around a vision for the future".

If Starmer wins the leadership election he will have a battle on his hands.  Streeting will be in his corner alongside many others, but the Parliamentary Labour Party is now loaded with Corbyn loyalists and they will firmly resist any move to the centre ground.

LIAM GETS WEST MIDS NOD

Liam Byrne

Liam Byrne has been selected as Labour's candidate for the Mayor of the West Midlands.  He defeated two hard left candidates in a Labour ballot of local members.  The anti-Semite Corbynista Salma Yaqoob finished last and was eliminated in the first round.  She only joined Labour last year, but quickly rose to prominence and was backed for the candidacy by both Momentum and Len McCluskey's Unite union.  All this despite a well documented litany of anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli statements over the years.  Naz Shah, the odious Labour MP for Bradford West, released a video last year in which she made various allegations against Yaqoob relating to the 2017 general election.  Yaqoob had stood against Shah as an independent.  Forgive us Naz, but no-one's shedding any tears for you either.

Voting in Labour's ballot was as follows.

First Round (50% required to win outright)

Liam Byrne 3,105 (44.9%)
Pete Lowe 2,034 (28.9%)
Salma Yaqoob 1,809 (26.2%)

Run-Off

Liam Byrne 3,530 (56.5%)
Pete Lowe 2,720 (43.5%)

Runner-up Pete Lowe was backed by several trades unions including Unison.  Byrne's victory could be held up as an example of the diminishing of the hard left, although it should be noted that the vote was split between two hard left candidates.  The opposite could happen in the party leadership election where the moderate vote will be split between Starmer and Nandy, potentially handing victory to the hard left Long-Bailey.

If the name Liam Byrne sounds vaguely familiar, the Birmingham Hodge Hill MP was a minister in the Blair and Brown governments, but you'll know him for writing one of the most infamous letters in political history.  He was the man behind the letter to the incoming coalition government of 2010:  "Dear Chief Secretary, I'm afraid there is no money".

Liam Byrne's infamous letter

The West Midlands mayoral role was introduced in 2017 as one of six directly elected mayors for combined authorities in England.  The West Midlands covers the largest population for a combined authority outside Greater London and carries a salary of £79,000.  The inaugural 2017 election was narrowly won by the Conservative's Andy Street.

MORE THAN A 'CRASH' JEZ

Jeremy Corbyn has been heavily criticised over his reaction to the downed Ukrainian plane that was shot down by Iran.  On both his Facebook and Twitter accounts he described the incident as a "plane crash" and although there was a reference to an "appalling act", there was a complete lack of condemnation.  Sound familiar?

It's very much similar to his reaction to the Islamist attacks in London and Manchester in 2017, which he referred to as 'incidents' (as did Diane Abbott).  However, later that year he condemned the attack on Muslim worshippers at Finsbury Park as an "act of terror".  It's not difficult to see where his loyalties lie.

At a speech he gave to an 'anti-war' demonstration in London yesterday he said there "was no excuse for shooting down an airliner and there's no excuse for a targeted assassination either".  As he addressed the assembled mob of leftists he was shadowed by the controversial anti-Semite Salma Yaqoob.  She only joined Labour last year, but inexplicably rose to prominence and is the hard left's preferred candidate for West Midlands mayor in May.

Jeremy Corbyn in London yesterday with Salma Yaqoob (right)

Corbyn wasn't the only Labour figure to express Iranian sympathies yesterday.  The odious member for Huddersfield took the following sideswipe at President Trump.

No-one wants a war with Iran, the left do not own that sentiment.  Their so-called 'anti-war' message is nothing but opportunistic anti-West rhetoric and one-sided condemnation, twisted by anti-Semitism and Islamist sympathies.