{"id":121189,"date":"2023-11-16T16:39:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121189"},"modified":"2023-11-16T16:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:39:18","slug":"school-children-bunk-off-to-target-labour-mps-office-in-pro-palestine-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/politics\/school-children-bunk-off-to-target-labour-mps-office-in-pro-palestine-march\/","title":{"rendered":"School children bunk off to target Labour MP\u2019s office in pro-Palestine march"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Keir Starmer says ceasefire in Gaza isn&#8217;t &#8216;correct position&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Labour MPs who failed to back last night\u2019s SNP ceasefire amendment vote in the Commons were targeted today, both offline and online, by pro-Palestinian activists.<\/p>\n<p>In Bethnal Green, a London constituency with one of the largest proportions of Muslim voters in the country, local MP Rushanara Ali was the target of \u201chundreds of schoolchildren\u201d who marched on her local Labour branch office.<\/p>\n<p>Videos were posted online of the march processing down Cambridge Heath Road, where the Labour branch office is.<\/p>\n<p>One observer claimed 400 joined in the march, with video footage showing the protestors chanting \u201cIsrael is a terror state\u201d and \u201cfree, free Palestine\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>One activist from Stop The War said Ms Ali had been targeted after she \u201cshamefully refused to vote for a ceasefire last night\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> READ MORE: <\/strong> <strong>Starmer hit by huge rebellion as he loses eight shadow ministers over key vote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/Rushanara-Ali-5070135.jpg?r=1700152383165\"><\/p>\n<p>Stop The War is behind the so-called \u201cSchool Strike for Palestine\u201d, with six more set to take place tomorrow in Bristol, Manchester, Harrow, Redbridge, Glasgow and Burton.<\/p>\n<p>Rushanara Ali, the Shadow Minister for Investment and Small Businesses, voted against the SNP\u2019s ceasefire motion in the Commons last night, unlike 10 of her frontbench colleagues who resigned their posts to back the opposition\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Twitter last night, Ms Ali said she had long supported a ceasefire, but was still refusing to back the SNP\u2019s amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never considered my role on the Labour front bench to be above my commitment to my constituents and my principles &#8211; and that is why I refused to join the Shadow Government many times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf my resignation meant the needle would move in the slightest over forcing a ceasefire, my letter would have been written and deposited already.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that this motion does not secure a ceasefire and would not leave to one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>James Cleverly vows to change law after fury of protesters climbing war memorial[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Rishi Sunak suffers second devastating poll with Labour set for 400 majority[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Suella Braverman can oust Rishi Sunak \u2013 but won\u2019t take his crown for two reasons[ANALYSIS] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/children-marched-5070138.jpg?r=1700152383265\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>While Ms Ali didn\u2019t resign for last night\u2019s vote, she did warn Sir Keir that she would be willing to leave his frontbench in future on a matter of foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting was also attacked on social media for failing to back a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter user suggested reminding Mr Streeting\u2019s Muslim and South Asian voters that he\u2019s gay in the hope it would \u201chelp him lose his seat inshallah\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Streeting hit back, saying his constituents are \u201cbetter than this. They know what prejudice looks and feels like\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>One hard left Twitter user posted a thread of every single Labour MP who abstained or voted against a ceasefire, accusing each of them in turn of having \u201cblood on your hands\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The thread garnered 14,000 likes and over 8,000 shares.<\/p>\n<p>The official Green Party Twitter account also published a graphic of what they claimed was \u201cevery MP that failed to vote for an end to the killing in Gaza\u201d, even though the ceasefire vote would have likely made no difference to the war.<\/p>\n<p>One user slammed the Green Party\u2019s attack as \u201cbeyond despicable\u201d and accused them of \u201cfuelling hatred towards public representatives in on the interests of their own political gain\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1835838\/Rushanara-Ali-Palestine-march-school-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Keir Starmer says ceasefire in Gaza isn&#8217;t &#8216;correct position&#8217; 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