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That is was in fact a witch hunt, and used by the Labour hierarchy to rid themselves of people, many who were Jewish themselves, that they (Labour) considered too Left Wing.

What I said was:

* Antisemitism in the Labour under Corbyn was rife

* A Labour MP was obliged to employ bodyguards to protect her in case she was attacked at the Labour Party annual conference

* Complaints to Corbyn by Jewish members and MP's fell on deaf ears

* The Equality and Human Right Commission investigated and found there was substantial antisemitism under Corbyn

* Starmer kicked Corbyn out of the Party accordingly, and recently a Jewish Labour MP has come back to Labour

For more detail look at Wiki - Antisemitism in the UK Labour Party
 
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Coverage of yesterday's strike demo in London, courtesy of ZDF.

Anything on BBC news?
 
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Poland to send four fighter jets to Ukraine 'in coming days'
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A Polish Air Force Mig 29 fighter during a flight in February 2023
By Adam Easton in Warsaw & Thomas Mackintosh in London
BBC News

Poland will send four Soviet-era Mig fighter jets to Ukraine - becoming the first Nato country to send planes since Russia invaded last year.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said they would be sent in the coming days, with others handed over in the future.

Though a welcome boost to Ukraine's air defence, the extra jets are not expected to be decisive in the war.

The deputy speaker of Ukraine's parliament Olena Kondratyuk said she hoped more countries would follow.

Other Nato countries are considering sending the Soviet-era planes, which Ukrainian pilots are trained to fly.

Ukraine has previously asked Western countries for modern fighter jets, such as the F-16.


The UK is training Ukrainian pilots on Nato-standard aircraft. But because of the long training times, it has warned that supplying Western jets would only ever be a long-term option.

President Biden has previously ruled out sending jets from the US to Ukraine.

At the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine was believed to have around 120 combat capable aircraft - mainly ageing Mig-29s and Su-27s.

President Duda said Poland still had around a dozen Soviet-era Mig 29 aircraft in operation.

Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik told the BBC: "We need them to strengthen our air defence systems and to help our army in the spring counter-offensive.

"It's also a good sign to everybody that getting fighter jets to Ukraine is not something unspeakable or surreal - that this is something that can happen; that the only thing that is needed to make it happen is political will."


Yuriy Sak, an adviser to the Ukrainian defence minister, told the BBC the Polish jets would be used "very efficiently by our air force".

He said in the past 24 hours, the existing Ukrainian air force had carried out 16 air strikes on Russian personnel and equipment. But he stressed that Ukraine wanted "fourth generation" jets, such as F-16s.

"They are more universal platforms, they are more capable and of course they will make Ukrainian air forces more efficient," he said.

Poland is a strong ally of Ukraine one of the largest suppliers of military equipment. It is currently replacing its old Soviet-era planes with newer American and Korean models.

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Largest donors of military aid to Ukraine by country.
 
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More banking troubles in the US as First Republic gets bailed out by its competition, stock markets getting thumped, so pension funds will suffer, definitely more to come on this, but it’s tucked away on the news.

If you have over £85k saved up, make sure it’s not all in one place, as that’s the limit for refunds if your bank collapses.
 
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The SNP are tearing themselves apart at the moment. In-fighting between the different camps, and the potential leaders slagging each other and their record in office during televised debates. No idea who is going to win as next leader, but whoever it is has one hell of a job to retain any sense of unity within the party. If there was any credible opposition they'd make mincemeat out of them at the polls, but unfortunately the other parties up here are frankly pathetic.

Sturgeon and her husband have ridden the wave of popularity, but they are on a big downward spiral at the moment and it's difficult to see which of the incumbants would generate any upward momentum.

IndyRef2?....not for a long time
 
The SNP are tearing themselves apart at the moment. In-fighting between the different camps, and the potential leaders slagging each other and their record in office during televised debates. No idea who is going to win as next leader, but whoever it is has one hell of a job to retain any sense of unity within the party. If there was any credible opposition they'd make mincemeat out of them at the polls, but unfortunately the other parties up here are frankly pathetic.

Sturgeon and her husband have ridden the wave of popularity, but they are on a big downward spiral at the moment and it's difficult to see which of the incumbants would generate any upward momentum.

IndyRef2?....not for a long time

Couldn't happen to nicer people.

I suspect Labour will be the big beneficiaries at the next GE.