Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: e insomma, si e' scusato

Un'altra importante differenza tra lui e l'archivista fiorentino
 
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/59838/dual-loyalty-row-mp-forced-say-sorry
 
 
The Labour MP who questioned the loyalty of the UK's first Jewish
ambassador to Israel has apologised for his remarks. At the same time,
the Green Party issued an apology on behalf of its deputy leader in
Wales for similar comments she made.
 
In a letter to the JC on Wednesday, Paul Flynn, MP for Newport West,
accepted that his "clumsily expressed remarks" had caused anger and
upset.
 
"I greatly regret the interpretation that has been placed on them and
I fully understand why offence was given," he said. "Some of the
interpretations of these words were exaggerated suggesting malign
intent that was never present or intended."
 
Mr Flynn had told the Public Administration Select Committee of his
concerns that Matthew Gould, who took up the post last year, "has
proclaimed himself to be a Zionist".
 
Challenged by the JC to explain his remarks, Mr Flynn claimed that
previous ambassadors to Israel had not been Jewish "to avoid the
accusation that they have gone native". His comment that Britain
needed "someone with roots in the UK [who] can't be accused of having
Jewish loyalty" caused outrage across the political spectrum.
 
The veteran MP initially stood by his remarks, last week describing
the idea that his remark could in any way be seen as antisemitic as
"ludicrous".
 
But on Monday afternoon he was called in to see Opposition Chief Whip
Rosie Winterton, who told him that his comments would not be tolerated
within the Labour Party. The JC understands Ed Milband's office also
intervened to put pressure on Mr Flynn.
 
A Labour source said: "The Chief Whip has spoken to Paul Flynn. He has
recognised that his remarks were unacceptable. He has withdrawn them
and apologised."
 
The comments had originally been challenged by Mr Flynn's fellow
committee member Robert Halfon, the MP for Harlow. He said he now
recognised that Mr Halfon's criticism was fair.
 
"Other greatly respected friends have urged me to withdraw the remarks
and apologise. This I am happy to do.
 
"There is no reason that anyone of any race or religion should be
debarred from public office. That has always been my opinion. The
comments were made in a heated exchange in a select committee
discussion on probable warmongering. Other information [I have]
received contradicts criticism I quoted on the conduct of our
ambassador. I regret any offence caused."
 
Mr Flynn said his original intervention had been motivated by a desire
to alert people to the danger of being drawn into a war in Iran. Media
speculation had suggested that Dr Fox, Mr Werritty and Mr Gould had
discussed military intervention in Iran.
 
Mr Halfon said: "Paul Flynn is a decent man and I think his apology
shows this. I hope it stops this kind of talk, not just from him, but
others on the left in future."
 
Jennifer Gerber, director of Labour Friends of Israel, said: "LFI is
pleased that Paul Flynn rightly apologised for the remarks. We made
clear from the start that what he said was completely unacceptable."

 wrote:
 
qui c'era il post di uno che non ha ancora capito che l'ambasciatore
UK in Israele e' ebreo. E che chi lo accusa di doppia lealta' e' un
porco razzista,.

 wrote:
 
qui c'era il post di un incivile che ancora non ha capito che Paul
Flynn si e' scusato. Cosi' succede nei Paesi civili.


Jonathan Pollard si è scusato?
 
 
fe...@delenda.net
 
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 Jonathan Pollard si è scusato?
 
esattamente, cosa avrebbe a che fare Pollard con le uscite cretine di
un parlamentare inglese?
 

 wrote:
 
qui ci stava il post di un cretino, convinto che siano i paesi esteri
a imporre la religione degli ambasciatori.

 a imporre la religione degli ambasciatori.
 
Sembrerebbe un cretino antisemita
 
-- 
Quando ti incontro per la strada ti darei calci nei denti. Ma forse non 
li senti.
E' meglio se ti rullo di kartoni (kartoni).

 wrote:
 
qui c'era il post di un cretino che ha giganteschi problemi con la
politica migratoria di un piccolo Paese, che tra l'altro manco e' il
suo.

 wrote:
 
qui c'era il post di un cretino che ha problemi