Talk about hypocrisy. Apparently, there is violence in Iran following a crackdown on democratic protest.
So, here's what Foreign Secretary David Miliband has to say [source: The Independent]:
"[It is] particularly disturbing to hear accounts of the lack of restraint by the [Iranian] security forces. Ordinary Iranian citizens are determined to exercise their right to have their voices heard. They are showing great courage. I call on the Iranian Government to respect the human rights of its own citizens - rights which Iran has promised to respect."
He is also quoted as saying: "The tragic deaths of protesters in Iran are yet another reminder of how the Iranian regime deals with protest."
Now, we hate to have to say this, but this is just total hypocrisy.
We hold no particular sympathy or affection for Iran and this blogger is British born, British bred and a patriot through and through. But pull the other one, Miliband.
Ian Tomlinson's death at the G20 protests in London anyone?
An ongoing question mark about British complicity in torture and rendition, anyone?
That not enough? How about wading through the archives on The Guardian's website to see and remind ourselves of how Labour deal with protest on the streets of Britain - British people, the most oppressed people in the Western world.
He need lecture Iran on human rights. He needs to lecture his own colleagues on the human rights and civil liberties of British people in Britain.
And while he's at it, he might decide to point out that his party has enacted no end of legislation that lacks a democratic mandate and which sit in contravention of the written - yes written - British constitution.
How can Labour without an ounce of embarrassment lecture any other nation on human rights and civil liberties?
They must think we're all as thick as two short planks. We know where human rights abuses and civil liberty abuses are being conducted. We don't need to look to Iran. We need merely look out of our own front windows.
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