Sacked for suggesting that the UK encourage people to take a long break from killing each other. This is truly the worst of possible timelines.
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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Sounds like something like you'd hear an authoritarian regime doing. I get the idea of backing the party line, but this seems a step too far. Discourse should be encouraged not shunned.
Much as I dislike the Tories, this his how cabinet government works, you are meant to discuss internally and then take ‘collective responsibility’ once the policy is decided.
Not really surprising that, if you don’t follow the Goverment line, you lose the government position.
Note - he remains an MP and now a lot freer to speak his mind in parliament
A tory with balls, good for him.
What did we expect from the nasty party? Of course they support Israel’s right to bomb civilians and starve children.
Sounds like he's a man of principle. What's he doing with the Tories?
From Sunak's meeting with Netanyahu it's clear that Sunak is Israel's poodle.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Tory MP Paul Bristow has been sacked from his Government job after breaking ranks to publicly urge Rishi Sunak to push for a “permanent ceasefire” in Gaza.
He has said that Palestinian civilians are facing a “collective punishment” as a result of Israel’s siege and airstrikes campaign in the wake of Hamas’s bloodshed.
Much has been made of the splits in Labour over Sir Keir Starmer’s position on the conflict between Israel and Gaza but the sacking is evidence of Tory divisions too.
He wrote that he is “deeply briefed by the heart-breaking and devastating humanitarian crisis” unfolding in Gaza, having spoken with constituents and meeting with the Peterborough Joint Mosques Council.
The MP said he welcomed Mr Sunak calling for what he has termed “specific pauses” in the fighting to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, home to more than two million people.
But Mr Bristow added: “A permanent ceasefire would save lives and allow for a continued column of humanitarian aid (to) reach the people who need it the most.
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Conflicted by this.
One part of me thinks it's ridiculous that he has ultimately been fired for holding his opinion, and an opinion that many (myself included) hold.
The other part understands why he had to go, and whilst I don't agree with it, he must also have understood what it meant to publicly disagree with the party on this one. I can respect that.