{"id":240187,"date":"2023-11-02T16:15:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=240187"},"modified":"2023-11-02T16:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:15:22","slug":"row-as-labours-starmer-removes-poppy-before-islamophobia-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/row-as-labours-starmer-removes-poppy-before-islamophobia-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Row as Labour&apos;s Starmer removes poppy before Islamophobia video"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Now you see it &#8230; now you don&#8217;t: Keir Starmer poppy row as Labour leader removes remembrance symbol before filming video slamming Islamophobia despite proudly sporting one for speech on Gaza hours earlier<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Labour leader proudly wore the red flower in his lapel on Tuesday morning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But in the video filmed hours later it was missing from his suit jacket\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keir Starmer is facing questions today after removing his remembrance poppy before making a video attacking islamophobia against British Muslims, despite wearing one hours beforehand at a speech on Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour leader proudly wore the red flower in his lapel on Tuesday morning as he repeated his opposition to a ceasefire in the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>But in the video filmed hours later it was missing from his suit jacket as he made a statement for Islamophobia Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p>Amid anger from Labour members, many of them Muslim, over his stance on the fighting in the Middle East, he said that a resent &#8216;surge&#8217; in<span>\u00a0Islamophobia in the UK was &#8216;devastating&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A Labour spokeswoman said: &#8216;It was absolutely not a deliberate decision, and is in no way linked to the content of the video.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But former British Army officer turned explorer\u00a0Levison Wood said: &#8216;Keir Starmer\u00a0should explain why he has worn a poppy in front of one group of people, but taken it off in front of another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/13\/77320099-12702495-image-a-18_1698932529203.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Labour leader proudly wore the red flower in his lapel on Tuesday morning as he repeated his opposition to a ceasefire in the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/13\/77320045-12702495-image-a-19_1698932531518.jpg\" height=\"581\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But in the video filmed hours later it was missing from his suit jacket as he made a statement for Islamophobia Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/14\/77321491-12702495-image-a-23_1698934285817.jpg\" height=\"946\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former British Army officer turned explorer Levison Wood said: &#8216;Keir Starmer should explain why he has worn a poppy in front of one group of people, but taken it off in front of another.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If he genuinely believes in what the poppy represents, he should wear it all the time, not take it off depending on who he is speaking to.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir appears to be keeping a low profile today as Labour frontbenchers continue to defy the party line over Israel&#8217;s bloody assault on Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The Opposition leader doubled down on his opposition to a ceasefire between the IDF and Hamas on Tuesday, saying it would only benefit the terrorists by giving them space to regroup.<\/p>\n<p>Instead he has lined up alongside Rishi Sunak and other western leaders urging &#8216;humanitarian pauses&#8217; to allow aid into Gaza and people out.<\/p>\n<p>However senior MPs have continued to indirectly call for a ceasefire to avoid claims they are avoiding collective responsibility &#8211; where politicians tow the party line or quit\/are sacked from ministerial or shadow ministerial senior jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Slough MP Tan Dhesi became the latest to do this last night after a highly controversial Israeli airstrike on Hamas targets in a refugee camp.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury tweeted that a &#8216;cessation of hostilities&#8217; was needed.<\/p>\n<p>Others, meanwhile, continue to openly call for a ceasefire, including shadow exports minister and Manchester Gorton MP Afzal Khan. A day after the leader&#8217;s speech he yesterday tweeted: &#8216;Collective punishment of Palestinians by the Israeli Govt is deplorable and must be met with international condemnation. Gazans urgently need the siege lifted and a ceasefire called.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Shadow cabinet minister Liz Kendall this morning suggested that Labour MPs who defy party leader Sir Keir Starmer by calling for a ceasefire will not face action.<\/p>\n<p>The shadow work and pension secretary told Sky News the leadership will continue to listen and engage with critics of Sir Keir&#8217;s stance.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if they will face disciplinary action, she said: &#8216;That&#8217;s not been the approach&#8230; that&#8217;s not the approach we&#8217;ve taken.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Keir&#8217;s position is the right one, and I actually think, if you look across our party, our desire to end the killing, to make sure we get that aid in and the hostages out, and that long-term goal of a two-state solution, is something that we all agree on.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12702495\/Keir-Starmer-poppy-row-Labour-leader-Islamophobia-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now you see it &#8230; 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