From right to left: Starmer, Hoyle and Sunak (Reuters)

British writer Peter Oburn says that there is a disturbing narrative that is steadily increasing in British politics, which is that “extremist” Islamists are controlling the streets of London, intimidating politicians, destroying the authority of Parliament, threatening democracy, and corrupting the political system in the country, and this narrative has reached its peak during the two days. The last two.

In an article on the British Middle East Eye website, Auburn listed a number of statements by British politicians and journalists promoting this narrative.

Among them: Robert Jenrick, a former government minister, who spoke in the House of Commons on Thursday, saying that Britain had “allowed Islamic extremists to control our streets.”

He spoke of "a pattern of Islamic extremists who intimidate those who disagree with them, raising the possibility of widespread violence."

He added that on the same day Prime Minister Rishi Sunak raised concerns, warning that "we should never allow extremists to intimidate us into changing the way Parliament works."

Feeling of panic

He said that British media websites supported these allegations.

Alicia Fitzgerald, a political reporter, sparked panic on Talk TV when she said she was speaking to Labor MPs, especially women, who were “absolutely terrified” to leave the House of Commons in the face of “pro-Palestinian crowds outside”. .

The writer cited many statements from senior politicians and famous journalists that go in this direction.

He said that these are strong accusations, but those who made them did not provide any evidence to support them, adding that they spread after the Scottish National Party presented a motion in the House of Commons that strongly supports the ceasefire in Gaza.

He said that the Scottish Party's submission of its proposal embarrassed Labor Party leader Keir Starmer.

Given that he supports Israel in its war on Gaza, while many of his party’s representatives support the Palestinians.

Starmer and Hoyle

Other media sources had indicated that Speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, was also in trouble.

Because he yielded to pressure from Starmer to vote on a watered-down proposal submitted by the latter calling for a “humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza” instead of voting on the Scottish Party’s proposal, which strongly supports the Palestinian position.

British politicians and journalists claimed that representatives in the House of Commons were being threatened by Islamists (Reuters)

These sources indicated that Starmer had informed Hoyle that he was concerned about threats against his deputies, and pressured Hoyle by threatening - insinuating - not to renew him as Speaker of Parliament for another term, which prompted Hoyle to take a decision to amend the proposal.

Amid angry calls for him to resign, Hoyle said publicly that when he made his controversial decision, he was "deeply concerned" about the safety of MPs, their families and staff.

The writer said that the Speaker of the House of Commons did not clarify exactly who threatens the safety of Labor MPs.

No evidence

The writer emphasized that the accusations against Muslims are very serious and require immediate action, but no evidence was provided.

There is no evidence from the Speaker of the House of Commons, who launched this media storm.

In his lengthy article, the writer refuted the allegations from politicians and journalists, one after another, with undoubted facts, and added that if such threats were made, as Starmer and Hoyle claim, they must be dealt with judicially and prison sentences must be issued.

The writer wondered why Starmer and Hoyle did not issue a public statement about a threat of this seriousness to British politicians, attended by the Prime Minister, stressing that the narrative of the Islamic threat to Parliament is only consistent with the “agenda” of both the Speaker of the House of Commons and the leader of the Labor Party.

The writer pointed out that Starmer and Hoyle need to act;

Because the Speaker of the House of Commons' statements, whether intentionally or unintentionally, led to an explosion of feelings of hatred against Islam and Muslims, who are protesting the Israeli war in Gaza.

Oborne called on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, if there are real accusations, to provide, with Starmer's help, evidence of them, and if not, he must withdraw them.

He said that it is important to remember that this is not the first time that slander and false insinuations have been made about opponents of the Israeli war in Gaza.

Source: Middle East Eye