In Labour's twisted world, those who hate us are welcome

VISITING Cairo earlier this year, I was told by local taxi drivers that Britain is notorious for harbouring Islamist radicals.

- Tim Newark Political commentator

‘This poor view of the UK from the average Egyptian up to the higher echelons of their government, has been only reinforced by Sir Keir Starmer giving sanctuary to Alaa Abd el-Fattah who has called for the death of police and Zionists and clearly hates Britain.We are not winning any friends in the Middle East by continuing to harbour enemies of the Arab world and the West.

In fact, we are seen as the dupes of Islamists who use this country as a safe base for encouraging attacks on legitimate governments in Muslim countries while, at the same time, loathing the nation that gives them sanctuary.

The desperate Tory and, latterly, Labour campaign to get el-Fattah out of jail served only to embarrass the Egyptian government and shows how poor we are at understanding the reality of Middle Eastern politics. Deluded Starmer prefers to alienate Israel and moderate Islamic countries in order to satisfy some perverted sense of human rights.

Again and again, Labour likes to put Islamist activists above our own international interests. Human Rights law is used to protect dangerous individuals at the cost of our own domestic and international security.