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The Foreign Office fallout over alleged complicity in war crimes with Israel has got even messier now that legal advice has just dropped! Right, so the fallout from the resignation of Foreign Office diplomat Mark Smith has now got even messier as his reasons for quitting, that his concerns over potential UK government complicity in war crimes, ignored as they were by those higher up in the food chain, notably the Foreign Secretary himself, David Lammy, appear to have now been borne out in legal opinion. Global Justice Now, an organisation which campaigns on, well, global justice as the name implies have sought professional legal opinion and that legal opinion spells bad news for the Israel Lobbied Starmer government, potentially leading them towards a day in court for their ongoing support of Israel’s criminal actions in Gaza. Right, so that was a Radio 4 interview of Mark Smith himself, the guy at the centre of the Foreign Office storm, a diplomate of 18 years experience, having handed his notice in within 6 weeks of David Lammy taking over his department, during which time Lammy had disappeared off to Israel not once but twice and it was during that second trip of course that Smith handed in his resignation. Smith’s background includes being a penholder for arms export licences, literally one of the civil service staff in a position of authority sufficient to be able to sign off on such things, so he knows the legalities, the requirements, the strict rules regarding the export of arms and having raised the alarm about such matters with others, it being his job to advise on the legalities of such matters, including with David Lammy himself directly, this led him to quit his post. He wouldn’t say exactly what Lammy said, merely passing comment that the response he got was unsatisfactory, and unsatisfactory to the point he quit over it, and that we should put the pieces of that together ourselves, draw our own conclusions from that and it seems reasonable to conclude that upon being advised of potential complicity in war crimes, Lammy didn’t care. We can of course quite easily do that. Where Smith said we can do that by looking at our TV screens, I would suggest that news sources on social media are a far less sanitised, far more impartial accounting of what is happening in Gaza at the hands of Israel, than certainly British broadcasting corporations. We do have some foreign media on our screens before somebody yells Al-Jazeera which are doing a stellar job, and more people ought to be turning onto for that of course. Smith’s point is no less valid however, because wherever we seek to learn more of the ongoing events going on in the Middle East, watching that and knowing our own government are arming the Israeli’s, equipping the Israelis, manufacturing parts for the Israeli’s military machine, people can indeed draw their own conclusions and justifiably ask of our government what do you think you’re playing at? As for the legalities of the actions, most of us appalled at what we’re seeing Israel doing and what our government are aiding and abetting in by helping them could probably surmise that it’s illegal, but getting a legal opinion on such things carries weight. ***Subscribe to the channel here*** ►ABOUT ME: Hi, I'm Damien Willey. I'm a former welder, but now I'm a writer, blogger, vlogger and presenter and interviewer with Socialist Telly (Please do go and visit what we all get up to on ) I'm an unpaid carer for my disabled wife and daughter and as such we know all too well the difficulties that associated with that living in Tory Britain and I personally believe the answer lies in socialism. This channel, along with my other social media act as outlets to push back against that, to demand better of our politicians and leaders, to pull apart the media spin that supports them and the way the UK is run and to give a voice, loud as mine is, to the voiceless. ►CONTACT: Email: @ ►SUPPORT: If you appreciate the importance of alternative media in the UK and enjoy my work please consider financially supporting it. Various options to suit all budgets, please visit to find out more. ►SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Alternatively please share this video on your favourite social media & if you'd like to see what I get up to elsewhere, yoy can also find links to my presence elsewhere at Damo Rants Kernow Damo foreign office,uk foreign office,war crimes scandal,war crimes,news,foreign office war crimes scandal,labour war crimes scandal,mark smith,mark smith resignation letter,mark smith foreign office,mark smith radio 4,mark smith interview,david lammy,david lammy war crimes,david lammy foreign office,icj,icj israel,israel,hamas,vicarious liability,unhchr,sam fowles,global justice now,kernow damo,starmer,damo rants,mark smith diplomat,damo,mark smith resigns
