Why is Keir Starmer spreading lies about the Amsterdam attack?
Why is Keir Starmer spreading lies about the Amsterdam attack? Do you think it is right that a UK prime minister should blame the victims for violence against them, and not the perpetrators?
Those are the questions being asked today after the UK’s prime minister spread the lie that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Israel were victims of anti-Semitic violence in Amsterdam last week when they were there to see their team play a football match against Ajax.
Here’s what he said:
Starmer just now on LBC: “As a football fan, those scenes of pogroms against Jewish fans horrified me, as they should horrify us all. Football is about the smell of hamburgers, horse manure, and grass all mixed together. It’s not about those pogroms, which reminded me of Oct 7th” pic.twitter.com/9YbVFcR4Ew
— Hon. PolProf of Agile Ceremonies (@CeilNoyle) November 8, 2024
And here’s what actually happened, in the words of eyewitnesses and real victims:
Increasingly outrageous and embarrassing that @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy and many other Labour MPs spread lies and misinformation about the racist and violent Macabi Tel Aviv Hooligans being the victims.
Do they not realise just how ridiculous they look? pic.twitter.com/k7i3F7785Y
— Cllr Martin Abrams 🕊️🍉 (@Martin_Abrams) November 11, 2024
Mr Starmer seems to be suffering from cognitive dissonance – as do the media, who have been trying to portray him as a great statesman for attending a Remembrance ceremony in France.
Let us be clear: a prime minister who lays a wreath for those who died to stop the genocides of World War II while supporting a genocide that is happening now – and defending those who commit violence in its name – is no statesman. He is a hate-filled hypocrite.
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