A politician with principles - not one in hock to the arms dealers

Lady Warsi said in her resignation letter that the Government's "approach and language" during the month-long conflict in Gaza has been "morally indefensible".

In a caustic appraisal of Mr Cameron's policy on the Middle East Peace Process she says it has caused significant damage to Britain's international standing.

(Why do we have a tut-tut policy on Iswail? Here's a clue - There has also been increasing criticism over the £42m of arms exports licences British defence manufacturers have with Israel since 2010 to supply ammunition, drones and armoured vehicles.)

We should NEVER side with someone described by The UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-moon called the attack "a moral outrage and a criminal act".

.... and there will be more -

Just like the previous assaults on Gaza .... and the murderous attack on the sid floatilla ... and the 3 weeks assault (when journalists were kept out) of Jenin (so the Iswails could bulldoze the evidence).

STAND UP - SPEAK OUT !

This is a woman who was happy to accept a life peerage due to tokenism, a party post due to tokenism and a Cabinet post due to tokenism. She's a decidedly UNprincipled politician of very mediocre ability. That's not to disagree with this particular argument, but let's not do her PR for her. She's as cynical as they come (as are the Labour MPs, who have mocked her in the past, who now act as if she's always been one of their sanest opponents).

She clearly has a principle - one actually shared by the Labour leader -

Labour leader Ed Miliband told the BBC: "The government's position is wrong and I think Sayeeda Warsi's statement is completely right about this." He said that Mr Cameron had to "think much more clearly" about policy on Gaza and had to "break his silence" over Israel's actions.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28656874

STAND UP ! - SPEAK OUT !

In The Know (as always) wrote:
She clearly has a principle - one actually shared by the Labour leader -

Labour leader Ed Miliband told the BBC: "The government's position is wrong and I think Sayeeda Warsi's statement is completely right about this." He said that Mr Cameron had to "think much more clearly" about policy on Gaza and had to "break his silence" over Israel's actions.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28656874

STAND UP ! - SPEAK OUT !

Look, I don't disagree with you about the issue but they DON'T have principles - the whole point of having principles is that you don't pick them up and put them down from one occasion to another when it suits their political ambitions.

I take your point, Liz - but you could say that about anyone who ever resigned from the government.

WHAT does Baroness Warsi have to gain (by speaking out)?

She was Deputy Chairman of the Tory Party - standing-up against the government is hardly likely to boost her credentials is it????!!!

Sometimes (just sometimes) people DO actually have principles and actually put them into action - as Claire Short did over B-Liar's invasion of Iraq.

And Robin Cook. Sometimes standing up for your principles can kill you.

I also feel it's unfortunate she's a Muslim. Her resignation could look like religious based sympathy.
Likewise a Jewish minister should not resign for the opposite reason.

JK2006 wrote:
I also feel it's unfortunate she's a Muslim. Her resignation could look like religious based sympathy.

.... but isn't that something that the Jews play on?

Muslim is a religion - not a country.

Its clear that Cameron is out of step over Iswail - that a rebellion is under way to cut ties with this terrorist state.

Lib Dems to cancel all arms export licenses within days.

In The Know wrote:
I take your point, Liz - but you could say that about anyone who ever resigned from the government.

WHAT does Baroness Warsi have to gain (by speaking out)?

She was Deputy Chairman of the Tory Party - standing-up against the government is hardly likely to boost her credentials is it????!!!

Sometimes (just sometimes) people DO actually have principles and actually put them into action - as Claire Short did over B-Liar's invasion of Iraq.

She's been looking for a 'good' way out for some time, ever since she was humiliatingly bombed out of the chairmanship of the Party. Her future was either as an ex-senior Tory in a variety of junior roles, or outside of the party as a rejuvenated rebel. A 'principled' exit has been the option for unprincipled politicians for about four hundred years. Now she's suddenly gone from being the regular figure of fun on Question Time, stubbornly defending every single thing the Government did or didn't do (very principled, that!), and demoted for fiddling her expenses (VERY principled, that!), to being a figure of, ahem, principle. Excuse me while I vomit. Good causes often attract opportunists. Let's support the cause, not the opportunist.

Liz Ducks wrote:
In The Know wrote:
I take your point, Liz - but you could say that about anyone who ever resigned from the government.

WHAT does Baroness Warsi have to gain (by speaking out)?

She was Deputy Chairman of the Tory Party - standing-up against the government is hardly likely to boost her credentials is it????!!!

Sometimes (just sometimes) people DO actually have principles and actually put them into action - as Claire Short did over B-Liar's invasion of Iraq.

She's been looking for a 'good' way out for some time, ever since she was humiliatingly bombed out of the chairmanship of the Party. Her future was either as an ex-senior Tory in a variety of junior roles, or outside of the party as a rejuvenated rebel. A 'principled' exit has been the option for unprincipled politicians for about four hundred years. Now she's suddenly gone from being the regular figure of fun on Question Time, stubbornly defending every single thing the Government did or didn't do (very principled, that!), and demoted for fiddling her expenses (VERY principled, that!), to being a figure of, ahem, principle. Excuse me while I vomit. Good causes often attract opportunists. Let's support the cause, not the opportunist.

Well said!