HC: Israel/Palestine 17/11/2020

yesterday morning (saturday 21st), 7.09-8.39am, on bbc parliament tv

westminster hall 17/11/2020 includes …

“International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace”

speeches by … Catherine McKinnell (Lab) Theresa Villiers (C) Conor McGinn (Lab) Steve McCabe (Lab) Nicola Richards (C)

Jim Shannon (DUP) Christian Wakeford (C) Owen Thompson (SNP) Wayne David (Lab) James Duddridge (C)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-11-17/debates/1E3EC84E-81DC-4068-A1E6-1143FAF36B2D/InternationalFundForIsraeli-PalestinianPeace)

(if you missed it, available from 1:54:07 to 3:24:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000ppsc/westminster-hall-17112020)

Nn: Corbyn loses whip

yesterday evening (wednesday 18th), 10.46-11.05pm, on bbc 2 tv 

newsnight (presented by emma barnett) leads with …

“Back in the Labour Party but no longer a Labour MP: what does the handling of Jeremy Corbyn teach us about Her Majesty’s opposition?”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter nicholas watt 

• ian lavery mp, party chairman 2017-2020 

• president of the board of deputies marie van der zyl 

• neil coyle mp  

• former mp joan ryan 

• andrew scattergood of forward momentum 

• professor philippe sands  

Nn: Corbyn suspended

yesterday evening (thursday 29th), 10.45-11.30pm, on bbc 2 tv 

newsnight (presented by kirsty wark) entirely deals with …

“Jeremy Corbyn hits back against his suspension from  Labour which came immediately after he’d disagreed with the report, which found that the party had broken the Equality Act over its handling of anti-semitism … is this a defining moment in the future of the party?”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter nick watt 

• alastair campbell 

• jenny manson, jewish voice for labour 

• angela rayner mp

• margaret hodge mp

• james mills, former adviser to jeremy corbyn 

• bbc reporter lewis goodall 

• rabbi johnathan wittenberg 

• joan ryan, former mp

• journalist aron keller of vashti 

• ruth smeeth, former mp

• journalist steve richards 

• journalist sonia sodha 

• activist barnaby raine 

JD: Mirvis intervenes

tuesday 26th november, 1.02-1.03am, 1.04-1.09am, 1.19-1.27am, 1.33-1.35am, 1.37-1.45am, 1.49-1.57am, 2.04-2.07am, 2.09-2.15am, 2.32-2.39am, 2.44-2.52am, 3.10-3.15am, 3.21-3.26am, 3.29-3.30am, 3.32-3.41am, and 3.46-3.49am, on bbc radio 5 live 

jim davis (phone-in programme) includes …

“The Chief Rabbi has strongly criticised Labour, saying that the party is not doing enough to root out anti-Jewish racism. In an article for The Times newspaper today, Ephraim Mirvis said that a new poison sanctioned from the very top has taken root in the party, and asked people to vote with their conscience.”

including report from …

• bbc reporter martin bashir 

and calls from …

• irene from bermondsey, • simon from edgware, • rita, • fenella from whetstone, • shahid from hemel hempstead, • anthony from london bridge, • phillip from amsterdam, • clare from highgate, • richard from essex, • stuart from stanmore, and • tony from enfield

HC: Hezbollah proscribed

last tuesday evening (26th february), 7.12-8.45pm, on bbc parliament tv
house of commons 26/2/2019 includes …

Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2019

speeches by … Sajid Javid (C) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab) Crispin Blunt (C) Louise Ellman (Lab) Matthew Offord (C) Graham P Jones (Lab) Joan Ryan (Ind) Edward Davey (C) Mikes Gapes (Ind) Wes Streeting (Lab) Ian Paisley (DUP) Jim Shannon (DUP)

interventions by … Robert Halfon (C) Ian Paisley (DUP) Andrew Percy (C) Stephen Crabb (C) Zac Goldsmith (C) Ivan Lewis (Ind) John Howell (C) Philip Hollobone (C) Tom Tugendhat (C)

Gavin Robinson (DUP) Steve Double (C) Stewart Malcolm McDonald (DUP) James Morris (C) Bob Blackman (C) Theresa Villiers (C) Joanna Cherry (SNP) Ruth Smeeth (Lab) Will Quince (C)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-02-26/debates/41CC81FF-5CD8-43E6-8B0B-19A67B3E709F/PreventionAndSuppressionOfTerrorism)
(if you missed it, available from 6:41:56 to 8:11:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0c4qrcl/house-of-commons-26022019)

HC: Anti-semitism debate 20/2/2019

yesterday afternoon (wednesday 20th), 4.05pm-7.01pm, on bbc parliament tv
house of commons 20/2/2019 includes …

General Debate: Antisemitism in Modern Society

speeches by … James Brokenshire (C) Barry Gardiner (Lab) Guto Bebb (C) Stewart Malcolm McDonald (SNP) Theresa Villiers (C) Margaret Hodge (Lab) Andrew Percy (C) Luciana Berger (Lab) Matthew Offord (C) Ivan Lewis (Ind)

Fiona Bruce (C) Louise Ellman (Lab) Maria Caulfield (C) Ruth Smeeth (Lab) Stephen Kerr (C) John Mann (Lab) Clive Lewis (Lab) Joan Ryan (Ind) Stephen Lloyd (Ind) James Frith (Lab) Jim McMahon (Lab)

interventions by … Paula Sherriff (Lab) Wera Hobhouse (LD) Steve McCabe (Lab) Lyn Brown (Lab) Stephen Doughty (Lab) Neil Coyle (Lab) Stella Creasy (Lab) George Howarth (Lab) Bob Stewart (C) Emma Little Pengelly (DUP) Jess Phillips (Lab) Robert Goodwill (C) Jim Shannon (DUP) John Hayes (C)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-02-20/debates/993F895E-D215-4773-A464-1A6320523B0E/AntisemitismInModernSociety)
(house of commons library briefing paper at http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CDP-2019-0042/CDP-2019-0042.pdf)
(if you missed it, available from 3:20:14 to 6:16:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0c43vmc/house-of-commons-20022019)

Today: Joan Ryan quits

this morning (wednesday 20th), 7.02-7.04am, 7.09-7.17am, 8.02-8.04am, and 8.56-8.59am, on bbc radio 4

today (presented by martha kearney and john humphrys) includes …

“I have been appalled and angered to see the Labour leadership’s dereliction of duty on this issue – the words of the latest MP to leave her party – Joan Ryan was talking about anti-semitism.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter jonathan blake
• joan ryan mp
• bbc reporter norman smith
• journalist and activist michael segalov

Twt/Newsnight: Joan Ryan quits

this evening (tuesday 19th), 10.30-10.32pm on bbc radio 4, and 10.59-11.16pm on bbc 2 tv
the world tonight (presented by julian worricker) and newsnight (presented by kirsty wark) include …

“An eighth Labour MP, Joan Ryan, has announced that she is quitting the party, and will join the independent group in the House of Commons. It seems that anti-semitism is the major reason.”

including contributions from …
• bbc reporter jonathan blake
• chris williamson mp

HMD: House of Commons

last thursday afternon (24th january), 12.48-3.28pm, on bbc parliament tv (repeated in separate programme, 8.00am-10.42am on sunday 27th january)
house of commons 24/1/2019 includes …

Holocaust Memorial Day 2019

speeches by … Ian Austin (Lab) Peter Bottomley (C) Joan Ryan (Lab) Stephen Crabb (C) John Mann (Lab) Andrew Percy (C) Luciana Berger (Lab) Theresa Villiers (C) Jessica Morden (Lab) Fiona Bruce (C) Carolyn Harris (Lab)

Gillian Keegan (C) Chi Onwurah (Lab) Bob Stewart (C) Lisa Cameron (SNP) Bob Blackman (C) Lyn Brown (Lab) Stephen Kerr (C) Jamie Stone (LD) Matthew Offord (C) Pat McFadden (Lab) Ian Paisley (DUP) Liz McInnes (Lab)

David Linden (SNP) Peter Grant (SNP) Jim Shannon (DUP) Patrick Grady (SNP) Yvonne Fovargue (Lab) Heather Wheeler (C)interventions by … Anna Turley (Lab) Mike Wood (C) Alex Sobel (Lab) Jim Cunningham (Lab) Paula Sherriff (Lab)

(transcript at https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-01-24/debates/55340293-5D4A-4B46-B8F5-E52ABF06AA3C/HolocaustMemorialDay)
(if you missed it, available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0c2vnm5/house-of-commons-holocaust-memorial-day or from 1:34:13 to 4:15:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0c0x3bg/house-of-commons-24012019)

Today: Labour hounding Joan Ryan

this morning (wednesday 26th), 7.54-7.56am, on bbc radio 4
today (presented by nick robinson from the Labour Party conference) includes …

“Now there’s an issue that has been very painful for the party, I think rather painful for you personally too over the summer, as well as Jeremy Corbyn, the issue of anti-semitism. You were also on the fringe of this conference last night, giving a speech in which you attacked what you called the hounding out of a Labour MP, chair of the Labour Friends of Israel, Joan Ryan, by people who’ve only just joined the Labour Party.”

including interview with …
• tom watson mp