BY JAMES MATHIESON
On all the facts we’ve been given on the Czech ‘scandal’ so far, one wonders. Make up your own mind. This is what we do know about him…
- He invited two IRA members to parliament two weeks after the Brighton bombing.
- He attended a Bloody Sunday commemoration with bomber Brendan McKenna.
- He attended a meeting with Provisional IRA member Raymond McCartney.
- He hosted IRA linked Mitchell McLaughlin in parliament.
- He spoke alongside IRA terrorist Martina Anderson.
- He attended a Sinn Fein dinner with IRA bomber Gerry Kelly.
- He chaired an Irish republican event with IRA bomber Brendan MacFarlane.
- He attended a Bobby Sands commemoration honouring IRA terrorists.
- He stood in a minute’s silence for IRA terrorists shot dead by the SAS.
- He refused to condemn the IRA in a Sky News interview.
- He refused to condemn the IRA on Question Time.
- He refused to condemn IRA violence in a BBC radio interview.
- He signed an EDM after IRA Poppy massacre blaming Britain for the deaths.
- He was arrested while protesting in support of Brighton bomber’s co-defendants.
- He lobbied government to improve visiting conditions for IRA killers.
- He attended an Irish republican event calling for armed conflict against Britain.
- He hired suspected IRA man Ronan Bennett as a parliamentary assistant.
- He hired another aide closely linked to several convicted IRA terrorists.
- He was heavily involved with IRA sympathising newspaper London Labour Briefing.
- He put up £20,000 bail money for IRA terror suspect Roisin McAliskey.
- He didn’t support an IRA ceasefire.
- He said Hamas and Hezbollah were his “friends“.
- He called for Hamas to be removed from the terror banned list.
- He called Hamas “serious and hard-working“.
- He attended wreath-laying at the grave of Munich massacre terrorist.
- He attended a conference with Hamas and PFLP.
- He was photographed smiling with a Hezbollah flag.
- He attended a rally with Hezbollah and Al-Muhajiroun.
- He repeatedly shared platforms with a PFLP plane hijacker.
- He hired an aide who praised Hamas’ “spirit of resistance“.
- He accepted £20,000 from state TV channel of terror-sponsoring Iranian regime.
- He opposed banning Britons from travelling to Syria to fight for ISIS.
- He defended the rights of fighters returning from Syria.
- He said ISIS supporters should not be prosecuted.
- He compared fighters returning from Syria to Nelson Mandela.
- He said the death of Osama Bin Laden was a “tragedy“.
- He wouldn’t sanction a drone strike to kill ISIS leader.
- He voted to allow ISIS fighters to return from Syria.
- He opposed shoot to kill.
- He attended an event organised by terrorist sympathising IHRC.
- He signed a letter defending Lockerbie bombing suspects.
- He wrote a letter in support of a conman accused of fundraising for ISIS.
- He spoke of “friendship” with Mo Kozbar, who called for the destruction of Israel.
- He attended an event with Abdullah Djaballah, who called for holy war against the UK.
- He called drone strikes against terrorists “obscene”.
- He boasted about “opposing anti-terror legislation”.
- He said laws banning jihadis from returning to Britain are “strange”.
- He accepted a £5,000 donation from terror supporter Ted Honderich.
- He accepted a £2,800 trip to Gaza from banned Islamist organisation Interpal.
- He called Ibrahim Hewitt, extremist and chair of Interpal, a “very good friend”.
- He accepted two more trips from the pro-Hamas group PRC.
- He was the speaker at a conference hosted by pro-Hamas group MEMO.
- He met Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh several times.
- He hosted a meeting with Mousa Abu Maria of banned group Islamic Jihad.
- He is patron of Palestine Solidarity Campaign – whose marches are attended by Hezbollah.
- He compared Israel to ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah and al-Qaeda.
- He said we should not make “value judgements” about Britons who fight for ISIS.
- He received endorsement from Hamas.
- He attended an event with Islamic extremist Suliman Gani.
- He chaired Stop the War, who praised “internationalism and solidarity” of ISIS.
- He praised Raed Salah, who was jailed for inciting violence in Israel.
- He signed a letter defending jihadist advocacy group Cage.
- He met Dyab Jahjah, who praised the killing of British soldiers.
- He shared a platform with a representative of extremist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
- He compared ISIS to the US military in an interview on Russia Today.
- He opposed proscription of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
- He attended a conference which called on Iraqis to kill British soldiers.
- He attended an Al-Quds Day demonstration in support of the destruction of Israel.
- He supported the Hamas and ISIS-linked Viva Palestina group.
- He attended a protest with Islamic extremist Moazzam Begg.
- He made the “case for Iran” at an event hosted by a Khomeinist group.
- He was photographed smiling with Azzam Tamimi, who backed suicide bombings.
- He was photographed with Abdel Atwan, who sympathised with attacks on US troops.
- He said Hamas should “have tea with the Queen”.
- He attended a ‘Meet the Resistance’ event with Hezbollah MP Hussein El Haj.
- He attended an event with Haifa Zangana, who praised a Palestinian “mujahideen”.
- He defended the infamous anti-Semitic Hamas supporter Stephen Sizer.
- He attended an event with pro-Hamas and Hezbollah group Naturei Karta.
- He backed Holocaust denying anti-Zionist extremist Paul Eisen.
- He was photographed with Abdul Raoof Al Shayeb, later jailed for terror offences
- He mocked “anti-terror hysteria” while opposing powers for the security services.
- He was named on the speakers list for a conference with Hamas sympathiser Ismail Patel.
- He criticised the drone strike that killed Jihadi John.
- He said that the 7/7 bombers had been denied “hope and opportunity”.
- He said 9/11 was “manipulated” to make it look like bin Laden was responsible.
- He failed to unequivocally condemn the 9/11 attacks.
- He called Columbian terror group M-19 “comrades”.
- He blamed the beheading of Alan Henning on Britain.
- He gave a speech in support of the Gaddafi regime.
- He signed an EDM spinning for Slobodan Milosevic.
- He blamed the Tunisia terror attack on “austerity”.
- He voted against banning support for the IRA.
- He voted against the Prevention of Terrorism Act three times during the Troubles.
- He voted against emergency counter-terror laws after 9/11.
- He voted against stricter punishments for being a member of a terror group.
- He voted against criminalising the encouragement of terrorism.
- He voted against banning al-Qaeda.
- He voted against outlawing the glorification of terror.
- He voted against control orders.
- He voted against increased funding for the security services to combat terrorism.
- And he is active in the Labour Action for Peace (LAP) movement which the Stasi recorded as a movement in line with the beliefs of socialist states behind the Iron Curtain.
So, whether it’s through stupidity, naivety, or any other reason…the man is a danger to Britain.
This thread was republished with kind permission from James Mathieson. It was originally posted on James’ Twitter Feed here.