24 May 2010
By Stuart
Littlewood
Stuart Littlewood considers the phenomenal
over-representation of Jews and non-Jewish Zionists in
the UK parliament which, in terms of support for
Israel, is magnified even further when viewed
alongside the Conservative and Labour party leaders’
umbilical ties to the Israel lobby.
“Proportional Representation” is a big buzz-word in
the UK these days. It implies fairer voting and fairer
government. It is claimed to give minorities a better
chance of being heard and therefore, they say, it
should be incorporated into the “new politics” our
shiny new coalition government has promised us.
But one minority group needs no help in that
direction.
The Jewish Chronicle has published a list of
Jewish MPs in Britain's parliament. It names 24 –
Conservatives 12, Labour 10 and Liberal Democrats two.
I thought it was more. But let us for the sake of
argument accept the Jewish Chronicle’s
figures.
The Jewish population in the UK is 280,000 or 0.46 per
cent. There are 650 seats in the House of Commons so,
as a proportion, Jewish entitlement is only three
seats.
With 24 seats they are eight times over-represented.
Which means, of course, that other groups must be
under-represented, including Muslims.
The UK's
Muslim population is 2.4 million or 3.93 per cent.
Their proportional entitlement is 25 seats but they
have only eight – a serious shortfall. If Muslims were
over-represented to the same extent as the Jews (i.e.
eight times) they’d have 200 seats.
All hell
would break loose.
Yes sir, in the name of fairness there’s plenty of
work here for proportional representation. Bring it
on!
Meanwhile two Jews – the Miliband brothers – are
battling for the leadership of the beaten Labour
Party. Ed Miliband (former energy secretary) is 40 and
David Miliband (former foreign secretary) 44, both far
too young to lead this country, especially when
neither has achieved anything worthwhile in the real
world outside politics.
It’s a reflection of the generally poor calibre of MP
talent when such people, although academically gifted,
can rise to the top. And indulging the young has had
disastrous results. Think of Blair and the cult of
arrogant youth he brought onto the political scene.
Men of 40, especially politicians, think they know
everything. They know nothing, as David Miliband (who
backed the Iraq war) demonstrated in his blundering
approach to the Middle East in Gordon Brown's
government.
Jewish over-representation is only part of our
problem. An even bigger worry is the huge number of
non-Jew Zionists that have stealthily infiltrated
every level of political and institutional life. They
swell the pro-Israel lobby to such a phenomenal extent
that it accounts for an enormous 80 per cent of the
Conservative Party, which is now in power with the
Liberal Democrats in tow as their junior coalition
partner.
Too many
pro-Israel MPs speak and act as if they would rather
wave the Israeli flag than the Union Jack. These
“Israel-firsters” refuse to condemn the illegal
occupation, the racist policies and the war crimes. As
Israel’s interest often clashes with Britain’s, their
defence of the indefensible inevitably raises
questions about loyalty, a deadly serious issue given
the number of Zionists in public life.
And still we
are cursed with the cult of youth. Cameron, 43, had no
significant achievement under his belt but was able to
manoeuvre himself, with the help of Jewish backers,
into Britain’s prime minister slot. He is also a
self-declared Zionist and voted for the war in Iraq,
so how can he be trusted?
William Hague, who has been a member of Conservative
Friends of Israel since he was 15, is the new foreign
secretary. Alistair Burt, an officer of the
Parliamentary group of Conservative Friends of Israel,
has been appointed Foreign Office minister for the
Middle East, and David Lidington is now the Foreign
Office minister for Europe. He has spoken of being a
“staunch defender” of the State of Israel. So the
stooges are safely installed and activated.
Nick Clegg, Cameron’s Liberal Democrat coalition
partner, is also 43. He at least had a useful career
before becoming an MP, as did his right-hand man Vince
Cable, a person of more mature years and far greater
stature than the two coalition leaders put together.
In their “programme for government” our new coalition
has precious little to say about the stolen Holy Land
except “We will push for peace in the Middle East,
with a secure and universally recognized Israel living
alongside a sovereign and viable Palestinian state”.
Note it’s a secure Israel and only a viable
Palestinian state, not the other way round or even
equal status. And there’s no mention of action to end
the Gaza blockade which Clegg called for in the
Guardian last December.
So, stooging for Israel has made the transition from
Labour to the Conservative-led coalition with seamless
smoothness. It is business as usual between Britain
and the rogue state’s amoral thugs, as Sir Gerald
Kaufman calls them.
Stuart
Littlewood is author of the book Radio Free Palestine,
which tells the plight of the Palestinians under
occupation. For further information please visit
www.radiofreepalestine.co.uk.
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