Mothin Ali calls Burnham a ‘coward’ over Gaza genocide stance

Mothin Ali calls Burnham a ‘coward’ over Gaza genocide stance



Andy Burnham of Labour and Mothin Ali of the Green Party

On 9 July, Andy Burnham issued a statement regarding ‘Labour’s stance on Gaza‘. In it, our incoming PM refused to call Israel’s actions a genocide, and did little to differentiate his position from that of Keir Starmer. Accordingly, Canary writer Joe Glenton described the statement as “milquetoast sop“. And he wasn’t the only one to notice Burnham is trying to pull the wool over our eyes:

The “coward” Burnham

His Gaza statement included the following line:

I have been absolutely appalled by what I’ve seen and read about the destruction of Gaza. There’s increasing evidence that war crimes appear to have been committed.

And also this:

There must be accountability for the depth of the suffering the people of Gaza have experienced. Ultimately, however, it must be for the international courts to determine, rather than politicians.

There’s clearly a double standard here; one which suggests Burnham will ultimately fail to deliver on opposing Israel:

This is no surprise, of course, as we’ve been reporting:

It’s also the case that Burnham and his key appointees are in the foreign influence operation known as ‘Labour Friends of Israel’. As Ranjan Balakumaran reported for the Canary:

Andy Burnham has spent years crafting a specific public myth. He is the ‘King of the North,’ the casual jacket-wearing, anti-Westminster populist who promised to smash the Whitehall bubble, reverse decades of devastating de-industrialization, and bring failing water utilities back under public control.

​But as he prepares to enter Downing Street as Prime Minister, the mask has officially slipped. Burnham has handed the keys of Number 10 to his new Chief of Staff, James Purnell—the ex-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, a former BBC executive, and the CEO of Flint Global, an elite corporate lobbying outfit that protects private water companies from state takeovers and was recently sold to a private equity firm notorious for price-gouging the NHS.

Speaking out

In full, Mothin Ali said:

[Andy Burnham] is a coward.

He apologised for the position this Labour Government has taken on Palestine but He won’t call it a Genocide, he hides behind international law.
He won’t commit to Sanctioning Israel.

He won’t commit the British government to stop sharing intelligence and resources with Israel and he won’t commit the RAF To stop doing spy flights over Gaza.

What he forgets is the minute you suspect a genocide we have an obligation to take steps and save lives.

Just like he forgets that Greater Manchester doesn’t just mean growth in the centre but for every community that feels left behind, like Wigan, like Rochdale, like Bolton. All our communities should to be protected.

That’s why we need [Greater Manchester mayor candidate Geraldine Coggins] and that’s the difference she will make.

Ali isn’t the only Green speaking out either:

Prepare to be disappointed

This isn’t the only instance of Burnham trying to dupe voters:

As we reported on 30 June:

When Andy Burnham unveiled his plan to run in the Makerfield by-election, the establishment media claimed he would renationalise utilities. Because we actually listened to what he was saying, we knew this wasn’t the case, and we pointed it out. Burnham himself disagreed with our assessment that he had no plan to end the privatisation nightmare. Now, Burnham has made it clear; his Labour government will not offer anything besides half measures:

Under Keir Starmer, voters got little besides cold gruel. Andy Burnham has run Starmer’s slop through the microwave for 30 seconds, but it’s still not warm, and it’s still f*cking gruel.

Featured image via the Canary

By Willem Moore





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