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‘Apologise!’ Corbyn heckled by Labour MP as he criticises Israel instead of condemning Assad

David Taylor MP called out: ‘no apology then’, as the former Labour leader was speaking

December 10, 2024 10:59
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Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (Image: UK Parliament).
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A Labour MP heckled Jeremy Corbyn during a parliamentary debate on Syria on Monday evening, demanding he “apologise” as the former Labour leader failed to condemn Assad but criticised Israel instead.

David Taylor, who represents Hemel Hempstead, chanted “no apology then”, and “apologise” during a fractious session in the House.

Corbyn did not mention former Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad in his intervention in the House of Commons, but spoke generally of the “horrors of war, torture and imprisonment”.

Instead, the independent MP for Islington North asked whether Foreign Secretary David Lammy was “satisfied that Israel will withdraw immediately from the area that it has illegally occupied over the past couple of days, just north of the already illegally occupied Golan heights?”