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...hardship following the Israeli military campaign be construed as an attack on that campaign? Thompson and his lieutenants fear so. Ben Bradshaw, a former BBC newsman who is now Health Minister, called the reasoning "completely feeble." MPs are queuing to sign a motion brought by Richard Burden, a Labour MP, expressing "astonishment" at the rebuff. "It completely baffles me," Burden said. "Do I think impartiality is important? Of course I do. But to be honest, what the BBC is doing is undermining its reputation for impartiality rather than bolstering...
...former KGB operative, who spied on Britain under diplomatic cover during the Cold War, by his own account scouring news sources such as the Standard for tidbits to feed to his handlers back home. His exotic pedigree has caused a few splutters. Richard Ottway, a Conservative MP, said he felt that "the fact that [Lebedev] has been a member of a foreign security service" meant there should be an inquiry into the sale. "I think it's one more example that we are no more a serious nation that we allow a serious paper to be taken over...
...Britain's ruling Labour party now faces a backlash within its own ranks: more than 50 Labour MPs oppose the expansion, which they see as irreconcilable with their environmental pledges. On Thursday, John McDonnell, the MP who represents Sipson, was ejected from Parliament and banned for five days after grabbing the mace - a 5-foot long ornamental key and a symbol of Parliamentary Authority - and shouting, "It's a disgrace to the democracy of this country...
...specter of "Hindu terror" had been in national headlines following explicit threats by nationalist leaders and revelations that Hindu extremists had been behind a wave of terrorist attacks initially blamed on Muslims. "What would they have done had they been in power [during last week's attacks]?" asks MP Deora. The BJP reaction, he suspects, could have fanned religious extremism and deepened inter-communal hostility in the country, further imperiling security...
...long ago, the very mention of Ameri's name would have had Sunni politicians frothing at the mouth. And yet here was a Sunni MP, praying in his waiting room...