Now Labour’s PPC for Berwick Scott Dickinson has slammed Beith for ‘turning his back’ on the legitimate rights of a Palestine free state and he’s calling on the retiring MP to explain his decision to vote against Palestine.

Scott slams Beith ‘sell out’ over Palestine vote

MP accused of indifference to the plight of Palestinian’s

 Outgoing Lib Dem MP Alan Beith has been accused of ‘indifference to the plight of Palestinians’ in yesterday’s vote in the House of Commons on a motion to recognise a state of Palestine. The MP who has close ties to the Lib Dem Friends of Israel lobbying group was the only Lib Dem to vote against the motion to recognise an independent state of Palestine.

The vote has followed a fraught period of conflict which has seen thousands of bombs dropped on the existing Palestine state, many of the bombs killing thousands of civilians.

Now Labour’s PPC for Berwick Scott Dickinson has slammed Beith for ‘turning his back’ on the legitimate rights of a Palestine free state and he’s calling on the retiring MP to explain his decision to vote against Palestine.

Scott said

“This was an important opportunity to send a message that parliament was alive to the sufferings of the Palestinian people and that we recognise that a 2 state solution is the only way to tackle extreme factions on both sides. Berwick may seem like a long way from Palestine but we’re faced with the humanitarian aftermath of mass bombings and it’s at time like this parliament should make their voices heard. He should explain why he felt the need to vote against recognising the legitimate rights of a free Palestine and he needs to explain why he thinks a solution to the problems in the middle-east are best solved by denying the legitimate rights of self-determination to one side while promoting the other?  

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