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Jenny Tonge resigns Lib Dem whip over controversial “Beware Israel” remarks

A quick follow-up to our story, Jenny Tonge resigns

Baroness (Jenny) Tonge has this afternoon resigned the Lib Dem whip after coming under intense pressure following the widespread reporting of remarks she made last week declaring that Israel “will reap what they have sown” once the USA gets “sick of giving £70bn a year to Israel to support what I call America’s aircraft carrier in the Middle East”.

It is by no means the first time Baroness Tonge has landed herself in hot water for her out-spoken views on Israel:

  • She was sacked by then leader Charles Kennedy as the Lib

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CommentIsLinked@LDV: Jonathan Fryer – What Hope for the Middle East?

Over at Society Today, Lib Dem blogger and London candidate for the European Parliament Jonathan Fryer examines the prospects for peace in the troubled region. Here’s an excerpt:

… the prognosis for the future need not necessarily be as grim as the pessimists fear. First and foremost, the arrival of Barack Obama in the White House should provide a whole new dynamic to the Washington-Tel Aviv axis. In the past, US administrations – including that of George W Bush – have allowed Israel to get away with murder, literally and figuratively. That has included the ongoing expansion of Jewish settlements in

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    It appears that the lessons of 2010-15 have not been learned for people who weren’t around when all of that occurred, and as someone whose dad was involved in...
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    I was a bit shocked to hear this. It struck me as a very poor idea. I understand it to be, actually, regressive in nature, nowhere near as progressive as it sou...
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    @expats "I live in a semi rural Suffolk village with an hourly bus service" Lucky you. Some of us have no regular bus services at all....
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    @Tristan Ward 23rd Sep '26 - 7:36pm.. The idea that Daily Telegraph readers are a viable source of future LD votes made me choke on my coffee.....