Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

I also refer to the British elections. Ordinary people across Britain are delighted to see the back of the Tories after 14 years which saw corporate profits soar while their waters were polluted by privatised corporations, the number of food banks exploded to an extraordinary level and child poverty increased. As has been said, Keir Starmer seems determined to say little will change either on the domestic or international front. I will focus on the international front because part of what made Jeremy Corbyn so offensive to the British capitalist class and traditional establishment is the fact that he was clearly pro-Palestine, against western imperialism, as against all imperialism, and stood on the side of the oppressed. Keir Starmer is determined to say there is a changed UK Labour Party which is pro-NATO and pro-Israel. Infamously, in October, he said that Israel had the right to withhold power and water from Gaza. He is, I think, currently at the NATO conference in Washington DC and is very much aligned with the US agenda. Are there any Irish representatives at this NATO summit in Washington DC or at meetings in the environs of the summit?

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