by Les May
"Complete with a photograph captioned 'Simon Danczuk, the
rent-a-quote MP for Rochdale', The Guardian recently ran a piece by Roy
Greenslade which asked, 'What is with
the Sun and “Labour” MP Simon Danczuk? One minute the paper is quoting him
approvingly because he criticised Jeremy Corbyn’s Cenotaph nod and
the next it is deriding him as a “Labour
big-mouth” for his own remembrance day faux pas.'
Today Simon was at it again with a Sun piece headed 'Time for
Corbyn to get in tune with people on terrorism.' What seems to be upsetting
Simon is that Jeremy isn't indulging in grandstanding, Danczuk style, about the
killing of Mohammed Enwazi. Helpfully Simon puts him on the right track with:
“Jeremy also needs to show moral indignation towards the
terrorists.”
“There’s
no room for hand-wringing pieties or academic chin-stroking.”
“Unfortunately, Jeremy got it wrong in his response to Jihadi
John’s death. There was no way he could have been arrested without sending
British soldiers to Syria.”
Now I don't know who Simon thinks he's speaking for here but
it certainly isn't for all the friends and relative of those murdered by the
Isis executioner, who were more thoughtful in their response.
Bethany Haines, daughter of the first Briton murdered by this
man is quoted as saying 'Much as I wanted him dead, I also wanted answers as to
why he did it.' The brother of Alan Hemmings has been quoted as saying he was
glad Emwazi was dead but would have preferred him to face justice. Diane Foley
the mother of James Foley, Emwazi's first known victim, said she was saddened
that Americans were celebrating the killing of this “deranged, pathetic young
man” and that she felt no sense of justice. Adding “It's just so sad that our
precious resources have been concentrated to seek revenge or kill this man.”
If Simon really wants to do something to break the grip of
Isis he should be pressuring the British government to work with other nations
to halt the sale of oil by Isis which has enabled it to become the richest
terrorist 'brand' the world has ever known."
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