Their senses heightened by the scent of blood and the wails of wounded prey, they, like some sandwich board religious fanatic, proclaim the end is nigh. Hopefully they devour him, and we can echo Stalin's comment on the death of Hitler, that's the end of the bastard.
At every turn in the genocide in Gaza Starmer refused to call it for what is it. He even supported Israel's stated intentions to deprive the civilian population of the occupied territory of water and electricity, later lying that he had done no such thing. So when we watch him stand up in the British parliament and denounce Peter Mandelson as a liar, our sole response is pot-kettle-black.
In the 1990s McSweeney, according to the Jerusalem Post, became closely acquainted with the Hashomer Hatza'ir kibbutzim . . . as a volunteer at Kibbutz Sarid in the Jezreel Valley.' This was a Zionist movement that played a central role in Israel’s settler-colonial project. The Kibbutz McSweeney lived on was built on land stolen from Palestinians a century years ago, twenty two years prior to the formation of the Israeli state.
Chinn had also secretly funded the right wing Starmer's bid to become Labour leader in 2020. He would go on to fund McSweeney's company Labour Together. McSweeney concealed financial donations 'to protect Trevor' amounting to almost one million pound. The company was fined as a result.
Michael Gove who wants the IDF to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize described McSweeney as “a fighter ruthless in identifying the real enemy.” The real enemy of course in the genocide was Hamas, with McSweeney seeking to face down Starmer critics: “We can be stronger … We need to make it more about [Hamas].” When Starmer refused to apologise for expressing his support for Israeli war crimes McSweeney chipped in “if anybody should apologise for indifference towards Palestinians” it should be Hamas .
Writing in July 2025, Middle East Monitor summed up matters:
At every turn in the genocide in Gaza Starmer refused to call it for what is it. He even supported Israel's stated intentions to deprive the civilian population of the occupied territory of water and electricity, later lying that he had done no such thing. So when we watch him stand up in the British parliament and denounce Peter Mandelson as a liar, our sole response is pot-kettle-black.
Electronic Intifada rightly asserts that:
Starmer has arguably gone further than any previous Labour leader in pushing an extreme pro-Israeli narrative in the British political sphere, once announcing that he supports “Zionism without qualification.”
Behind Starmer lurks Morgan McSweeney, about whom Electronic Intifada contends that:
It is impossible to understand the slavish pro-Israeli stance adopted by Keir Starmer and the Labour Party in recent years without understanding McSweeney.
McSweeney campaigned for Steve Reed in Lambeth local authority elections in 2006. Reed is currently Housing minister in the Starmer government and has been a long time backer of Labour Friends of Israel. When, in 2020, Reed met with Trevor Chinn, an Israeli donor and recipient of the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honour:
Secret minutes obtained by The Electronic Intifada show just how strongly the UK’s main opposition party has been captured by the pro-Israel lobby.
Chinn had also secretly funded the right wing Starmer's bid to become Labour leader in 2020. He would go on to fund McSweeney's company Labour Together. McSweeney concealed financial donations 'to protect Trevor' amounting to almost one million pound. The company was fined as a result.
Between 2008-2010 McSweeney worked on public relations for the right wing Labour MP Margaret Hodge also a strong supporter of Israel. During the genocide Hodge could be found swanning around the elite of Israeli society in what she called an act of solidarity.
In 2015 McSweeney was the brains behind the ultimately failed bid by Liz Kendall to win the leadership of the Labour Party. During the genocide Kendall refused to condemn the use of white phosphorous by the Israeli military.
McSweeney in a his bid to get Starmer elected as leader 'lionised' both the Jewish Labour Movement and Labour Friends of Israel which he viewed as essential in bringing down Corbyn
Labour under Starmer has been captured by a narrow, unrepresentative network of pro-Israel donors and lobbyists. Their influence was decisive in undermining Corbyn’s leadership, installing Starmer, and silencing members who demanded a just policy on Palestine.
As Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed more than 68,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, the Labour government has aligned itself with Israeli war crimes—refusing to halt arms sales, authorising surveillance flights over Gaza and granting Israel political cover on the international stage.
Labour’s latest scandal is not simply about undeclared donations. It speaks to the hollowing out of democracy inside Labour and its subordination to interests directly tied to the Israeli state. Decisions in Labour today are shaped less by members or voters than by figures like McSweeney . . .
If Starmer falls on his sword, it is hoped that the next head to roll under the blade of Madame Guillotine shall belong to Morgan McSweeney. Lice in the locks of humanity, the pair of them.
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