Lord West of Spithead (Lab):...I have known John, the noble Lord,
Lord Walney, for more than 10 years. He is a highly principled man,
and I was particularly impressed, first, by his confrontation of
anti-semitism within the Labour Party, which he drove through with
great vigour; and secondly by his passionate support for an issue
very close to my heart and those of his ex-constituents, which
noble Lords heard him mention—the UK’s independent deterrent and
nuclear submarines. Neither issue...Request free trial
(Lab):...I have known John, the noble Lord,
, for more
than 10 years. He is a highly principled man, and I was
particularly impressed, first, by his confrontation of
anti-semitism within the Labour Party, which he
drove through with great vigour; and secondly by his passionate
support for an issue very close to my heart and those of his
ex-constituents, which noble Lords heard him mention—the UK’s
independent deterrent and nuclear submarines. Neither issue made
him popular with the last leader of the Labour Party, but he
refused to compromise his beliefs. Rather like his namesake in the
17th century, he was martyred, although I doubt that—unlike his
predecessor—he will be beatified by the Pope. The noble Lord,
, will be of
great value to this House. We already got that from what he said,
and I look forward very much to working with him...
(Non-Afl): My Lords, I join the welcome and
congratulations to the Lord Advocate for Scotland and the noble
Lords, Lord McLoughlin and . I thank the
noble Lord, Lord McLoughlin, for the way in which he gave me and
others support when we were under pressure at the height of the
issues of anti-semitism in the Labour Party. I
acknowledge that what he said in private was far more significant
than what he said in public. The noble Lord, , stood on
the right side when he did not have to, and took a brave stance. He
supported Jewish members of the Parliamentary Labour Party and
Jewish Members of the Labour Party. That will not be forgotten, and
I thank him...
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