1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,520 I'm George Galloway and I want to talk 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:08,480 to you about the scandal that has broken 3 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:11,679 as a result of some brilliant undercover 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:14,160 investigative journalism by Al Jazzer 5 00:00:11,679 --> 00:00:17,520 and published on the front page of the 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:20,960 British newspaper The Mail on Sunday. 7 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:24,240 Most of you will know the outline. an 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:26,640 Israeli official in charge of political 9 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:29,519 relations with Britain's political 10 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:32,960 parties. A man with a very large bag of 11 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:35,920 money about which more later no junior 12 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:38,320 employee. This is a man who is on the 13 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:41,600 conference circuit and is in and out of 14 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:45,920 the British Parliament almost on a daily 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:49,120 basis doing his business for Israel. He 16 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:51,920 was captured on film with some friends 17 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:54,640 from Labor and Conservative, including 18 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:57,680 members of parliament and high ranking 19 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,440 parliamentary officials plotting to 20 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:02,320 bring down a British government 21 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:05,760 minister. And not just any minister, Sir 22 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:08,080 Alan Duncan, the deputy foreign minister 23 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:10,479 of Britain. Now, I've known Sir Alan 24 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:13,040 Duncan for more than 30 years. He's a 25 00:01:10,479 --> 00:01:15,600 very brave man, not just because he 26 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:18,159 stands out against Israeli crimes 27 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:20,880 against the Palestinian people, but 28 00:01:18,159 --> 00:01:24,880 because he was the very first publicly 29 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:27,280 out gay conservative MP. And so when the 30 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:31,040 Israeli official said that he could 31 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:33,759 arrange a scandal to bring down Alan 32 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:35,759 Duncan from the foreign office position 33 00:01:33,759 --> 00:01:37,920 that he holds, you don't have to be 34 00:01:35,759 --> 00:01:41,360 Einstein to work out what kind of 35 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:44,079 scandal that might have been. That ought 36 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:46,399 to have been enough for Boris Johnson, 37 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:49,600 who was called an idiot in the same 38 00:01:46,399 --> 00:01:51,840 piece of footage by the Israeli official 39 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,479 to summon Mark Reev, the Israeli 40 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:56,880 ambassador to London, and give him his 41 00:01:54,479 --> 00:01:59,520 marching orders. He didn't, of course, 42 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:02,799 do that for reasons which we will uh go 43 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:06,000 into in just a few minutes. But that was 44 00:02:02,799 --> 00:02:09,599 not all that was uncovered. 45 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:12,400 The friends at the lunch asked the 46 00:02:09,599 --> 00:02:15,840 Israeli official whether there were not 47 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:19,680 uh other MPs that could meet the same 48 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:22,560 fate could be brought down in a scandal 49 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:25,280 by this man that they were launching 50 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:28,239 with. And they came up with a very 51 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:30,959 interesting name, Sir Crispen Blunt, no 52 00:02:28,239 --> 00:02:33,599 less, the chairman of the British 53 00:02:30,959 --> 00:02:36,239 Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. 54 00:02:33,599 --> 00:02:39,599 They didn't like him either. They wanted 55 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:42,640 to bring him down to arrange a scandal 56 00:02:39,599 --> 00:02:46,080 for him. Now, he too is a publicly 57 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:48,959 outgay conservative. Again, you don't 58 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:51,360 have to wonder for long what kind of a 59 00:02:48,959 --> 00:02:52,800 scandal that might have been. I don't 60 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,560 mean to be flippant, but maybe they 61 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,680 would have put Alan Duncan and Crisen 62 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:00,160 Blunt together under the bedclo. Maybe 63 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:02,640 that would have been the ultimate the 64 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:07,040 mother of all scandals bringing them 65 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:09,680 both down at the same time. Now Boris 66 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:13,200 Johnson declared the matter immediately 67 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:15,200 closed. So my first question to you is 68 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:18,879 if that had been a Russian embassy 69 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:22,239 official or an Iranian embassy official 70 00:03:18,879 --> 00:03:24,879 planning to bring down important people 71 00:03:22,239 --> 00:03:27,040 in the British state, would the matter 72 00:03:24,879 --> 00:03:30,400 have been immediately closed? Or would 73 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:32,799 the respective ambassadors be brought 74 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,879 into the foreign office and promptly 75 00:03:32,799 --> 00:03:37,680 expelled from the country? Wouldn't we 76 00:03:34,879 --> 00:03:41,680 be now in the middle of a state-to-state 77 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:44,159 crisis with any other state that's 78 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:46,159 carried out such subversion of our 79 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:49,599 democratic process? And that's what I 80 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:52,959 want to turn to next because uh these 81 00:03:49,599 --> 00:03:55,040 two Tory uh knights of the Shire can 82 00:03:52,959 --> 00:03:57,680 look after themselves. I'm more 83 00:03:55,040 --> 00:04:00,239 interested in the Labor Party aspects of 84 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:02,879 this. Jeremy Corbin and I marched 85 00:04:00,239 --> 00:04:05,680 together for more than 30 years in 86 00:04:02,879 --> 00:04:07,840 support of the Palestinian people. Since 87 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:10,959 the day and hour that Corbin was 88 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:14,560 elected, indeed when it became clear 89 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:17,359 that he was likely to be elected, the 90 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:20,799 Israel lobby has gone absolutely 91 00:04:17,359 --> 00:04:23,759 bananas. They persecuted 92 00:04:20,799 --> 00:04:26,080 Jeremy Corbin every step of the way to 93 00:04:23,759 --> 00:04:28,639 the leadership and as soon as he had won 94 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:32,320 it, they began trying to have him 95 00:04:28,639 --> 00:04:36,080 overthrown. They confected an entirely 96 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:38,960 fake anti-semitism scare inside the 97 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:42,240 Labor Party, painting their own party as 98 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:45,440 a nest of racism, when of course the 99 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:48,960 truth was that there was nothing to such 100 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:51,840 allegations whatsoever. The only thing 101 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:55,199 that most Labor Party members have in 102 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:57,440 common with Jeremy Corbin on this is 103 00:04:55,199 --> 00:04:59,840 their support for justice for the 104 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:03,759 Palestinian people and their opposition 105 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:06,479 to the crimes of the state of Israel. 106 00:05:03,759 --> 00:05:10,320 Well, there was a Labour MP at the 107 00:05:06,479 --> 00:05:12,560 lunch. Her name is Joan Ryan. She's the 108 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:15,360 member of parliament for Enfield, though 109 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:18,320 you wouldn't know it. In fact, she's 110 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:20,960 more properly described as the MP for 111 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:24,880 Tel Aviv. She's the chair of the 112 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:26,639 so-called Labor Friends of Israel, and 113 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:29,840 she was there for a very important 114 00:05:26,639 --> 00:05:32,400 purpose. And the same Israeli official 115 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:35,039 in charge of political relations with 116 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:37,280 the British political parties gave her 117 00:05:35,039 --> 00:05:40,800 some very good news. And in the pictures 118 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:43,840 accompanying the uh Al Jazzer footage, 119 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:46,639 you can see the breadth of the smile on 120 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:49,360 her face as well. It might because the 121 00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:53,440 official told her that he had secured 122 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:57,840 more than 1 million pounds as a slush 123 00:05:53,440 --> 00:06:01,280 fund for Labor members of parliament to 124 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:03,840 come to the aid of the state of Israel. 125 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:06,639 is being dressed up as more than1 126 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:10,080 million pounds to fly Labor members of 127 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:12,880 parliament to Israel for factf finding 128 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:14,800 missions. But that's entirely bogus. 129 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:18,240 First of all, most of them have already 130 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:21,120 been uh on not one but several factf 131 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:24,240 finding missions to Israel. Secondly, 132 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:28,080 you can fly to Israel for well under 133 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:31,919 a,000 pounds. And let's say half of the 134 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:35,440 Labor MPs have taken the shekele. That 135 00:06:31,919 --> 00:06:38,479 doesn't even cost you £100,000. 136 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:40,960 What was the other £900,000 137 00:06:38,479 --> 00:06:44,800 for? I'll tell you. It was for a slush 138 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:47,759 fund to destabilize Jeremy Corbyn to try 139 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:50,479 and overthrow Jeremy Corbin as the 140 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:54,479 leader of the Labor Party. It was for a 141 00:06:50,479 --> 00:06:56,800 political slush fund operated by Labor 142 00:06:54,479 --> 00:06:59,919 members of parliament on behalf of a 143 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:02,400 foreign power. Not just any foreign 144 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:05,280 power, but one which is the biggest 145 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:07,840 international lawb breakaker on the 146 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:10,800 earth. One which has just been 147 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:13,680 unanimously condemned by the entire 148 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:16,960 security council of the United Nations 149 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:19,039 for its criminal activities against the 150 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:21,919 Palestinian people. 151 00:07:19,039 --> 00:07:24,880 What kind of Labor MP 152 00:07:21,919 --> 00:07:28,560 is not only in bed with a state like 153 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:30,960 that, but is receiving covertly? Because 154 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:33,759 you would never have heard of the 155 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:37,520 existence of this slush fund of more 156 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:41,520 than1 million pounds, taking money from 157 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:44,240 a foreign embassy to lobby for that 158 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:48,560 foreign country. When that foreign 159 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:52,400 country stands in public appropri 160 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:55,280 amongst almost all Labor Party members, 161 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:59,280 most people in Britain and most 162 00:07:55,280 --> 00:08:03,280 countries in the world. And the third 163 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:06,479 aspect I want to deal with is this. 164 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:09,440 It is said in the video by the 165 00:08:06,479 --> 00:08:13,840 highranking Conservative official at the 166 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:16,639 lunch that almost all Conservative MPs 167 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:19,919 are members of the Conservative Friends 168 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:23,680 of Israel. I can tell you that at least 169 00:08:19,919 --> 00:08:27,759 half of the Labor MPs are members of the 170 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:31,199 Labor Friends of Israel. Isn't it about 171 00:08:27,759 --> 00:08:34,479 time that you demanded that your member 172 00:08:31,199 --> 00:08:38,640 of parliament's first allegiance was to 173 00:08:34,479 --> 00:08:42,560 Britain? That their first responsibility 174 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:45,440 was to debate and decide on what 175 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:48,320 Britain's foreign policy should be 176 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:51,440 rather than be agents for somebody 177 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:55,440 else's country. And when that somebody 178 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:58,000 else's country is a country of gangsters 179 00:08:55,440 --> 00:09:01,760 that murder people including British 180 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:03,760 people and for a very long time 181 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:06,320 the Israel lobby have been in 182 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:09,680 Westminster and White Hall before you 183 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:12,240 know they tried to murder Sir Winston 184 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:14,560 Churchill the British prime minister at 185 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:17,680 a time when he was leading our country 186 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:19,839 in the epic battle against Hitler 187 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:23,200 fascism the perpetrators 188 00:09:19,839 --> 00:09:26,640 of a holocaust which murdered six 189 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:28,720 millions of Jews. They planted bombs in 190 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:31,519 the foreign office in Whiteall. They 191 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:34,640 murdered British officials. They hanged 192 00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:37,440 two British sergeants with piano wire in 193 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:39,360 an orange grove and took pictures of it 194 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,760 so that they could spread it as 195 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:45,360 propaganda around the world. They blew 196 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:49,600 up more than 90 British civil servants 197 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:53,680 in a hotel in Jerusalem. Israel invented 198 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:57,200 terrorism. It invented modern terrorism 199 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:59,760 at any rate. Yet now it calls its 200 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:03,519 victims, the Palestinian people, the 201 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:07,760 terrorists and themselves the victims of 202 00:10:03,519 --> 00:10:11,120 terror. Well, we can talk about sorting 203 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:14,720 out the Middle East later on another 204 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:17,519 day, but first we have to sort out our 205 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:20,720 own parliament and our own democratic 206 00:10:17,519 --> 00:10:24,160 system. We must not tolerate its 207 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:27,120 subversion by a foreign power. We cannot 208 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:31,200 tolerate members of parliament being 209 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:34,800 bought and paid for by a foreign power 210 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:38,000 because we can never know when they say 211 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:40,800 when they ask when they do what they do 212 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:43,440 in parliament. We can never know if 213 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:46,880 they're doing it because it's in our 214 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:49,760 interests or it's in the interests of 215 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:53,040 someone else. I haven't seen the Al 216 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:56,240 Jazzer documentary in full yet, but when 217 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:58,800 I do, I'm sure, God willing, I'll have 218 00:10:56,240 --> 00:11:02,360 the chance to come and talk to you about 219 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,360 it again.