SCOTTISH Labour’s newest MP should represent his constituents and call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East, activists have demanded.
Michael Shanks – who abstained in a Westminster vote on a ceasefire in November – was panned by more than a dozen furious protesters outside Rutherglen Town Hall who branded him a “career politician”.
Amina Khaliq, a member of Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, insisted his position was “weak” and did not reflect the views of the constituency – Rutherglen and Hamilton West – he was elected to represent in October.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar was delivering a speech at the town hall on Monday setting out his party’s priorities for 2024, but he and Shanks were met with chants of “Michael Shanks, you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide”.
It made for an awkward start to the new year for Sarwar after he voted for a ceasefire in the Scottish Parliament.
READ MORE: Palestinians flee central Gaza’s main hospital amid increased fighting
Police had to be called after protesters attempted to gain entry into the venue.
Khaliq told The National Shanks’ position was “unacceptable”, particularly after Humza Yousaf condemned Israel’s push for “ethnic cleansing”.
She said: “Michael Shanks’s position on Gaza is untenable.
“Abstaining is a cowardly position and we’re here to demand Michael Shanks represent his constituents and demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Bets on how many hours until locked thread, 3? 4?
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‘Genocide’ really is going the same way as ‘terrorism’. Overused to the point of losing all meaning.
These people are cranks.
Exactly the kind of monomaniacal propagandising none of the major UK parties need.
South Africa are the most qualified to just Israeli on apartheid and Genocide, as are the Bosnians, and they are all calling Israel a genocidal nation.
Some Palestinian kid on with red glasses on TikTok talks to Israeli and within seconds they are screaming at him saying kill all Palestinians babies in a maniacal voice! Its so totally unhinged!
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SCOTTISH Labour’s newest MP should represent his constituents and call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East, activists have demanded.
Michael Shanks – who abstained in a Westminster vote on a ceasefire in November – was panned by more than a dozen furious protesters outside Rutherglen Town Hall who branded him a “career politician”.
Amina Khaliq, a member of Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, insisted his position was “weak” and did not reflect the views of the constituency – Rutherglen and Hamilton West – he was elected to represent in October.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar was delivering a speech at the town hall on Monday setting out his party’s priorities for 2024, but he and Shanks were met with chants of “Michael Shanks, you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide”.
It made for an awkward start to the new year for Sarwar after he voted for a ceasefire in the Scottish Parliament.
READ MORE: Palestinians flee central Gaza’s main hospital amid increased fighting
Police had to be called after protesters attempted to gain entry into the venue.
Khaliq told The National Shanks’ position was “unacceptable”, particularly after Humza Yousaf condemned Israel’s push for “ethnic cleansing”.
She said: “Michael Shanks’s position on Gaza is untenable.
“Abstaining is a cowardly position and we’re here to demand Michael Shanks represent his constituents and demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Bets on how many hours until locked thread, 3? 4?
[removed]
‘Genocide’ really is going the same way as ‘terrorism’. Overused to the point of losing all meaning.
These people are cranks.
Exactly the kind of monomaniacal propagandising none of the major UK parties need.
South Africa are the most qualified to just Israeli on apartheid and Genocide, as are the Bosnians, and they are all calling Israel a genocidal nation.
Some Palestinian kid on with red glasses on TikTok talks to Israeli and within seconds they are screaming at him saying kill all Palestinians babies in a maniacal voice! Its so totally unhinged!