Muslim group issues 18 demands for Keir Starmer to win back voters lost over Gaza
A Muslim campaign group has issued Sir Keir Starmer with 18 demands in order to win back support lost due to his stance on Israel’s war in Gaza.
The Muslim Vote, which aims to organise voters against MPs who did not back a ceasefire in the conflict, has called for the Labour leader to apologise for his early stance on Israel’s campaign against Hamas.
And it has urged Sir Keir to promise to cut military ties with Israel and let Muslims pray in schools and for Labour figures to return “zionist money”.
Days after the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) hailed the local election results as a wake-up call over politicians’ response to the atrocities in Gaza, The Muslim Vote reissued its list of demands.
Labour lost its majority of 13 years in Oldham, which had already been whittled down due to defections last month over the party’s approach on Gaza. And sources from Labour’s West Midlands team have claimed some Muslim voters stayed home, while
many backed independent pro-Gaza candidate Akhmed Yakoob.“These election results are a wake-up call to all parties: every vote counts. Politicians can’t take anyone for granted, especially not British Muslims.”The Muslim Vote group describes itself as a broad collective with the support of a “huge portion” of the Muslim community. It is supported by 24 groups, including some which Michael Gove has said in parliament might fall foul of his department’s new definition of extremism.
The group’s website states: “Muslims and all people who stand for justice agree that the current political class does not represent us. Peacefully, politically, and persistently we will vote them out.”Regarding its demands, it said: “There is more but that’ll do for starters. Our asks are sophisticated and we’ve built consensus around them.”
The Muslim Vote’s list of demands is below:
1. Apologise for your comments greenlighting a genocide and for not backing the ceasefire in Oct/Nov 2023
2. Sanctions on companies operating in occupied territories. Sanctions on settlers
3. Recognise Palestine as a state
4. Travel ban on all Israeli politicians that prosecuted this war and support the illegal occupation
5. End military ties with Israel
6. Issue guidance that Muslims are allowed to pray at school
7. Implement findings of people’s review of Prevent — not Shawcross
8. Remove the extremism definition that [Michael] Gove introduced
9. Commit to full implementation of Royal Charter re media regulation
10. Adopt the APPG definition of Islamophobia
11. Commit to a review of public sector equality duty
12. Increase council and public health funding for the 10 per cent most deprived areas in the country to finally address systemic and chronic health inequities as detailed in the Marmot Review and revisited by the Health Foundation 10 years later
13. Deliver alternative student finance
14. Ensure Sharia-compliant pensions are available at every workplace, so the one-third of Muslims without a pension get one
15. Ensure insurance quotes don’t cost more for someone called “Muhammad”
16. Commit 7 per cent of the local government pension scheme/public sector pensions to ethical and Islamic funds
17. Oppose Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) bill. Kick it out of law
18. Remove the archaic “spiritual influence” offence from statute
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-keir-starmer-muslim-gaza-i... As they said that is just for starters.
We can thank the leftists for this cultural enrichment.
Albo showed them with the Voice what they need to change our constitution when they get the numbers they will do it here.
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