Some MPs think we are on the side of humanity in Palestine Anyone who says so is an obedient fool

ONCE upon a time a third of the globe was pink, signifying lands which were part of the British Empire.

- BrianLeishman

Of course, some will say that Empire was a civilising force a moral and noble mission even.

But there are others who feel the way I do, that defending imperialism is attempting to justify the exploitation of people and their resources and to be guilty of trying to airbrush from history the violence that was committed in the aim of expanding British capitalist influence across the world.

It is undeniable that Britain owes a growing historical debt to the Palestinian people. From the Balfour Declaration onwards and the seizing of land, the suppression of freedom, the denial of human rights, the stripping of civil liberties, the dehumanisation of the Palestinian people and the relentless repression and degradation which has followed.

Undoubtedly Britain paved the way for today’s apartheid living conditions. Britain needs to own the fact that we contributed to the occupation of Palestinian territory.

And nowadays, our current role is to perpetuate and normalise the ongoing occupation and colonisation of Palestine and the people.