‘Disgraceful’ treatment of social tenants and stigma they face must change, deputy PM saysAnother Tory leadership candidate, Kemi Badenoch, was also busy on social media last night. She posted a long thread on X escalating her criticism of the government over its decision to suspend some arms exports to Israel. It starts here.Badenoch makes two main claims.She claims that Keir Starmer was wrong when he told MPs at PMQs yesterday that the decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel was legal, not political. (In some respects Badenoch has a point, because these decisions inevitably have a political dimensions, but she ignores the fact that her government allowed all arms exports to continue because they were willing to ignore legal advice saying they might be used in breach of international humanitarian law.)1/ It is not true that the removal of Israel arms licenses was a legal decision. Keir Starmer should not hide behind this fig leaf. It was *very* much a political decision. #PMQs I know this, because as Trade Secretary, responsible for arms licenses, I saw the legal advice. So why has the decision been made? It’s because Labour are scared… Continue reading…
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2024-09-05 09:42:57
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