‘On February 23, Lord Ahmed hosted a book launch in the House of Lords for a man going by the name of Israel Shamir. “Israel Shamir” is, in fact, a Swedish-domiciled anti-Semite also known as Jöran Jermas.

The gist of Shamir/Jermas’s speech at the meeting can be gleaned from its title, “Jews and the Empire”. It included observations such as: “All the (political) parties are Zionist-infiltrated.” “Your newspapers belong to Zionists . . . Jews indeed own, control and edit a big share of mass media, this mainstay of Imperial thinking.” “In the Middle East we have just one reason for wars, terror and trouble — and that is Jewish supremacy drive . . . in Iraq, the US and its British dependency continue the same old fight for ensuring Jewish supremacy in the Middle East.” “The Jews like an Empire . . . This love of Empire explains the easiness Jews change their allegiance . . . Simple minds call it ‘treacherous behaviour’, but it is actually love of Empire per se.” “Now, there is a large and thriving Muslim community in England . . . they are now on the side of freedom, against the Empire, and they are not afraid of enforcers of Judaic values, Jewish or Gentile. This community is very important in order to turn the tide.” ‘

Pollard adds the following:

‘If, however, Lord Ahmed does feel that he made a mistake in inviting him, he has yet to demonstrate it. Shamir/Jermas’s speech was made nearly two months ago. On learning of its contents, I wrote to Lord Ahmed, asking him two questions. Did he consider the invitation to have been a mistake? Did he condemn the remarks? He did not reply.

Yesterday, I phoned him. When I told him that I planned to write a piece drawing attention to his actions in hosting Shamir/Jermas and that I wanted to give him every opportunity to respond, he replied: “I am not even going to speak with you.” He then put the phone down.’

http://www.stephenpollard.net/002084.html

In January of this year, David T wrote this about the same incident:

‘Although Lord Ahmed’s co-operation with this extreme racist was widely reported, he did nothing to distance himself from “Israel Shamir”.

There were no meetings with whips or leaders.

There were no demonstrations.

The meeting was not cancelled.’

http://tinyurl.com/c5jk4s

The death and the text-driving were unrelated.

As always, a mine of useful political information!

Of all the charges that can be laid against Lord Ahmed’s door, text-driving is probably the most trivial. The fact people seized on it and apparently wanted to believe that his dangerous driving caused the death of Gombar is one example of ‘anti-muslim bigotry’ that does stand up.

Attack him for thinly veiled threats and intimidation, or his failure to uphold the principle of freedom of speech, accuse him of working to an Islamist agenda and/or indulging in tribal politics, but going on about him sending a text while driving seems silly – to me at any rate.

The last member of the House of Lords to be tried by his Peers was over manslaughter which would probably have been a charge of causing death by dangerous driving had that offence existed. Lord de Clifford was found not guilty.

Look:

http://www.parliament.uk/mpslordsandoffices/mps_and_lords/alphabetical_list_of_members.cfm