Foreign Secretary

Israel, Palestine and the Labour party history that has made Keir Starmer's position so difficult

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수요일, 11월 8, 2023
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I can’t think of any colony or mandate that was as demanding intellectually and emotionally as Palestine.

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  • I can’t think of any colony or mandate that was as demanding intellectually and emotionally as Palestine.
  • I said: “I found the British still very emotional about Palestine.
  • Why?” And he said: “It’s associated, don’t you think with partisanship with one side or the other.
  • I can’t think of any colony or mandate that was as demanding intellectually and emotionally as Palestine.
  • Mayhew, a staunch anti-communist, found himself out of sync with the zeitgeist and abandoned Labour for the Liberal Party.

Internal rivalries

  • There has thus been a powerful tendency for the antagonisms of the Arab-Israeli conflict to map onto Labour’s own internal rivalries and the factional battle for control over the party.
  • Between 1945 and 1967, this usually manifested itself as a clash between a pro-Zionist left and an anti-Zionist right.

Starmer’s predicament

  • Keir Starmer’s political positioning on the 2023 Gaza conflict is shaped by his experience of the more recent chapters of that history.
  • He has sought to rebuild trust with the British Jewish community and distance the party from what many see as the toxic image it acquired under Corbyn.
  • These are all pressures and dangers that can be expected to grow as the Gaza conflict intensifies and its human costs mount.


James Vaughan is affiliated with the Jewish Labour Movement

STOOF INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS THE "TROJAN" IN TWO RESISTANCE CLASSES AT DSEI 2023

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수요일, 9월 13, 2023
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BORKHEIDE, Germany, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- STOOF INTERNATIONAL from Borkheide, in the federal state of Brandenburg (Federal Republic of Germany), presents its latest developments at the DSEI 2023 (Defence & Security Equipment International) and is represented with the armoured vehicle "TROJAN" in the British capital London.

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  • BORKHEIDE, Germany, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- STOOF INTERNATIONAL from Borkheide, in the federal state of Brandenburg (Federal Republic of Germany), presents its latest developments at the DSEI 2023 (Defence & Security Equipment International) and is represented with the armoured vehicle "TROJAN" in the British capital London.
  • The legendary " TROJAN " from STOOF INTERNATIONAL , based on the Toyota LC 300, will be presented at the DSEI in two protection classes, resistance class VR7 and resistance class VR9.
  • Le Pays de France ", as the French daily newspaper, conducted an interview with Fred Stoof yesterday, 12 September 2023, the first day of the DSEI 2023 exhibition in London.
  • You can read the full interview here: https://www.lepaysdefrance.fr/en/Economy/200955-stoof-international-pres...
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How the British press covered the establishment of Israel – I looked into the newspaper archives to find out

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수요일, 5월 10, 2023
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The mandate had given Britain administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan after the end of the first world war.

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  • The mandate had given Britain administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan after the end of the first world war.
  • Asserting its “natural and historic right” to a homeland and recognition by the United Nations, the council declared the establishment of Israel.

Eyewitness account

    • The Manchester Guardian’s eyewitness account, which it ran on page five on May 15 under the headline “Natural and Historic Right”, explained why such support was needed.
    • The proclamation of statehood had taken place “in a subdued atmosphere caused by Jewish military reverses”.

Expert analysis of the birth of the state of Israel and the plight of the Palestinian people.

    • The Daily Telegraph reported that “Britain does not intend, for some time, to grant recognition to the Jewish State of Israel.
    • The Conservative broadsheet explained that these would include “definition of its boundaries and the establishment of a government clearly in control”.
    • The UK’s foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin, thought Britain’s duty was to balance US enthusiasm for Israel with diplomatic sympathy for the Arab case.
    • The Attlee government believed that immediate recognition of Israel by the US was unfair and encouraged by American Jewish opinion.

Reports from the US

    • Moments later, the Jewish Agency for Palestine appealed to the security council to call on the Arab states to “desist from aggression”.
    • It was, Cooke reminded his readers, “the UN Security Council’s first experience with an open and admitted war”.
    • He described Andrei Gromyko, the Russian representative to the UN, sitting in “unflurried silence”, while Dr T.F.
    • Tsiang of China asked how the US could “recognise a Jewish State and, at the same time, seriously ask the Arabs to stop fighting”.

'The wilderness of mirrors': 70 years since the first James Bond book, spy stories are still blurring fact and fiction

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수요일, 4월 12, 2023
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With these opening words, Ian Fleming (1908-64) introduced us to the gritty, glamorous world of James Bond.

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  • With these opening words, Ian Fleming (1908-64) introduced us to the gritty, glamorous world of James Bond.
  • Fleming’s first novel, Casino Royale, was published 70 years ago on April 13 1953.
  • British readers, still living with rationing and shortages after the war, eagerly devoured the first James Bond story.
  • It had expensive liquor and cars, exotic destinations, and high-stakes gambling – luxurious things beyond the reach of most people.

Ian Fleming, Agent 17F

    • He only lasted a year at military college (where he contracted gonorrhoea), then missed out on a job with the Foreign Office.
    • The director of British Naval Intelligence, Admiral John Henry Godfrey, recruited Fleming as his assistant.
    • Fleming excelled, under the codename 17F.
    • They would obtain a German bomber, dress British men in German uniforms, and deliberately crash the plane into the channel.
    • Fleming claimed he played against a German agent at the tables, an experience that supposedly inspired Bond’s gambling battles with Le Chiffre in Casino Royale.
    • Fleming also pointed to Sidney Reilly, a Russian-born British agent during the First World War.

The changing world of Bond

    • Bond novels still sold well, especially after John F. Kennedy listed one among his top ten books.
    • From Casino Royale to For Your Eyes Only (1960), Bond battled SMERSH, a real Soviet counter-espionage organisation.
    • The early Bond novels were Cold War stories.
    • In the novels, Bond drove Bentleys – the Aston Martin was introduced in the 1964 film Goldfinger.
    • Their female characters do more than just spend a night with Bond before their untimely deaths.
    • But the revised Bond novels will include a disclaimer noting the removals.

Spies After Bond

    • Le Carré introduced his readers to a more mundane, morally grey world of espionage.
    • He thought Bond was a gangster rather than a spy.
    • There’s a little more Bond in Mathews’ books than in those of le Carré or Rimington.
    • The more tedious and banal aspects of spycraft – brush passes, broken transmitters, and dead drops – accompany the glamour and romance.

The wilderness of mirrors

    • The real world of espionage is so secret that most of us only ever encounter it on pages or screens.
    • We don’t usually look to Bond films for accurate representations of espionage.
    • But the influence of Fleming’s spy and the general aura of secrecy surrounding intelligence work lend some glamour and excitement to the work of real spies.
    • This is why the CIA invests time and money into fictionalisations dealing with its work.

New study lifts the lid on healthcare, cyber security and government digital services, two years on from the first UK lockdown

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화요일, 3월 29, 2022
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LONDON, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new wide-ranging study from technology professional services leader, Gemserv, has provided fresh insight on healthcare, cyber security and government digital services, two years on from the first UK lockdown.

Key Points: 
  • The new research, conducted by OnePoll, quizzing 2,000 people across the UK, examined knowledge workers' data security understanding and approaches, attitudes towards accessing NHS services and attitudes towards accessing digital government services two years after the first UK enforced lockdown following the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Three in five (60%) citizens were satisfied or very satisfied the last time they used online services provided by a central government department (e.g.
  • "The pandemic accelerated the rate of digital transformation at an unprecedented rate, and some industries adapted quicker than others.
  • From safeguarding data and personal information to improving access to information and services, the business helps organisations harness the power of digital transformation through expert industry consultancy.