From today, Parliament has officially been dissolved, meaning there is currently no MP for Birmingham Yardley!
Let’s make sure we vote in a new MP on July 4th!
Vote
#JodyforYardley
!
I know this man personally and stayed with his family. His name is Ashraf Abu Rahmah and he has relatively severe learning difficulties, which is well-known to everyone in the area.
The Israeli military loves bullying those it views as weaker than them.
I hereby announce my intention to unseat Labour Friend of Israel and MP for Birmingham Yardley, Jess Phillips.
The people need a representative who speaks for them!
My disability is not genetic or a curse. In fact, I see it as a gift!
The abuse I receive online for being disabled only makes me more determined to win!
Support my campaign to challenge the political establishment -
Jess Phillips, the MP for Birmingham Yardley, invokes Palestine on a regular basis now, and retweets David Lammy at every opportunity, but she still can't bring herself to leave Labour Friends of Israel, even after 195 days of brutality.
We don't want a "Friend of Israel" as our
Unfortunately, so long as you remain a member of Labour Friends of Israel, your statements are also PR.
This is an organisation which refuses to say who funds them. Is there any red line that would make you leave?
Why didn't they learn the lessons from the bombing of British Aid workers on January 18th in a deconflicted zone which our government claims it raised with them? This is PR nothing more.
AN APPEAL FOR UNITY:
Let’s have one pro-Palestinian, pro-justice candidate for every seat in the country! Don’t let the establishment divide us!
Together, we can win 💪🏼.
#JodyforYardley
People of Birmingham Yardley, let’s teach Labour a lesson!
The campaign kicks off this Saturday, 11am, at the main entrance of Small Heath Park on Coventry Road, and we need your support!
Over the next weeks, we will visit every house.
#JodyforYardley
Students at the University of Birmingham have set up camp in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Suffering under bombardment. Weaponry often made in Britain, then deployed on a civilian population by the Israeli state.
To this day, both Labour and the Conservatives refuse to
🚨Today in
#Wycombe
, I used my SOS device for the first time, as a precaution.
⚠️This gentleman who accosted me about Gaza kept his distance and did not threaten me but I felt it wise to plan on escalation.
🔗My view is here:
Jess Phillips confirms that if people come out and vote on the basis of Gaza, she will lose her seat!
Birmingham Yardley, let’s do our part to unseat a member of Labour Friends of Israel.
Volunteer to join my campaign -
Donate to take on the
Jess Phillips admits that the issue of Gaza is undoubtedly an issue in her constituency.
The concentration of votes in her seat means that she is particularly vulnerable to being ousted at the next election.
The independent movement is growing and Labour MP’s will voted out!
The Labour Party do not have a God-given right to the votes of the Muslim community, or any other community for that matter.
Political stances must have a consequence at the ballot box.
The mainstream parties have taken us for granted for far too long.
"Your stance on the massacre in Gaza, the bloodbath, is totally reprehensible"
Meet Jody McIntyre, the pro-Palestine Muslim convert who plans to "teach Labour a lesson" by unseating Jess Phillips in Birmingham Yardley.
Labour leadership have been forced to admit that their
It has come to my attention that a post I made on the weekend received hundreds of weird and disturbing comments about my disability.
This is a major barrier to disabled people entering the public sphere.
These people are in serious need of education and I feel sorry for them.
I’m delighted to hear that disability benefits have been increased to “thousands of pounds per month” and will be checking my bank account at the first available opportunity!
Guess how many MPs have a disability? Less than 1%!
It’s time for us to represent ourselves.
I was invited by constituents to Small Heath Park this afternoon. Earlier today, Labour councillors unveiled a brand new £175k development, which I discovered is COMPLETELY INACCESSIBLE to disabled people.
This is why disabled people feel ignored and shut out. Condemned by the
We are on the precipice of a bloodbath in Rafah. Our political class were indifferent in the face of injustice, and now Palestinian civilians are paying with their lives.
Whether Labour or Conservative, we don’t want “Friends of Israel” as our representatives any longer.
We
When your campaign reaches the national media, you know you are making a stir!
We are now actively recruiting volunteers in Small Heath, Acock’s Green, Yardley, Stetchford, and Sheldon. If you are local and want to teach Labour a lesson, get in touch.
When Israelis are the victims, Keir calls it a terrorist attack. When Palestinians are the victims, he calls it a humanitarian disaster.
The leader of the Labour Party is a devoted supporter of a fanatical, rogue state.
In November, Keir Starmer was asked about his "red lines" on Gaza - white phosphorus, collective punishment, bombing safe routes.
Starmer refused to give any.
The ICC has now issued arrest applications over Israel's crime of collective punishment against the Palestinians.
I first travelled to Gaza in 2009, alongside
@georgegalloway
and many others. We visited children at the Shifa Hospital whose skins had been seared by white phosphorus. Today, the Israeli state treats the hospital itself as a military target. This madness can never be normalised!
We always have money for wars overseas, but in Birmingham, the council are so cash strapped, they want to dim the street lights and cut flood defences!
Why do the public have to pay for the mismanagement of politicians?
At Centenary Square yesterday:
Once again, many many hundreds of sick and abusive comments. They don’t want to see a disabled person in Parliament 😅!
Interesting to see none of my political opponents denouncing such rife discrimination. Those with no arguments resort to ad hominem attacks!
#JodyforYardley
AN APPEAL FOR UNITY:
Let’s have one pro-Palestinian, pro-justice candidate for every seat in the country! Don’t let the establishment divide us!
Together, we can win 💪🏼.
#JodyforYardley
In 2017, despite having cerebral palsy, I cycled from London to Edinburgh to raise money for
@BrainwaveCentre
, the same charity that helped me learn to walk as a kid.
Now, I have a bigger mission: to represent disabled people in the Houses of Parliament!
You do realise that a state you support through your membership of Labour Friends of Israel is currently embarked on a brutal, genocidal assault on Gaza?
Your constituents are shedding tears for the victims.
How do you want history to remember you?
Wonderful to visit the
@artsintheyard
exhibition today at the historic Blakesley Hall Museum! I met with the two artists, Shaheen Ahmed and Mahawa Keita, both of whom expressed support for the campaign.
I spoke to Shaheen about her work on the Palestine Map project, and I spoke
Palestine, 2009. One of my most vivid memories is a street in Hebron where only Israelis were allowed to drive on the road and Palestinians were only allowed to walk on the pavement.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu recognised Israel as an apartheid state. Why can’t Labour do the same?
@Keir_Starmer
10 pledges? 5 missions? 6 fixes? Keir, we can’t keep up!
Please could you tell us, in layman’s terms, why anyone should believe a word you say?
The images emerging from al Shifa hospital are unbearable. I first visited the hospital in 2009, when we thought the crimes of the Israeli state could get no worse. How wrong we were.
Perhaps you are one of those who still thinks this “has nothing to do with us”. Despite our
The Labour-run council are threatening to close 25 out of 35 libraries in Birmingham.
Reading is a transformative skill. As your MP for Birmingham Yardley, I will fight to protect our libraries.
@BrumLibraries
You and your party enabled hell on earth in Gaza through your unwavering support for the destruction wreaked by the Israeli state.
You backed a genocide because you believed it was politically expedient.
We were not born yesterday.
Can
@jessphillips
confirm on behalf of her constituents that one day after the discovery of 300 bodies at the decimated al-Shifa hospital and the cold-blooded murder of one Palestinian and six international aid workers of the World Central Kitchen, including a British citizen,
Shadow minister Pat McFadden is clear - Israel is an ally, Labour aren't calling for a ban on arms sales to them, & if Labour win the next election they'll continue selling arms to them.
@eyuplovely
“My favourite Keir memory is when he condoned a total siege on a civilian population, even though he used to be a human rights lawyer! That’s just so Keir!”
The initial response to my campaign in Birmingham Yardley has been both overwhelming and humbling. From starting from scratch just ten days ago, my videos on both local and international issues have received hundreds of thousands of views so far.
Labour are on the ropes in
Jess, the Independent reported today that women in Gaza are unable to breastfeed due to malnutrition.
Your constituents would like to know: why are you still a member of Labour Friends of Israel?
Imagine this is your little boy. This is not a crisis of drought or pestilence, this is a disaster made by man, it could be stopped today. Enough food could be given today. This is a choice.
Almost 43,000 votes in Birmingham for a pro-Palestinian, independent candidate with almost no mainstream media coverage and a fraction of the budget of the establishment parties.
Interesting times ahead.
@Akhmedyakoob1
Labour don’t care about Kashmiris.
Yet another u-turn by Starmer the liar.
People of Birmingham, these charlatans don’t represent you and me. Let’s kick Labour out.
#JodyforYardley
@ShakeelAfsar8
“People say I’m disabled, but I’m not. I’ll defy all odds, rise and walk”
Noor Eid, a 14-year-old Palestinian from Gaza discusses her spinal injury caused by Israeli forces. She expresses her determination to overcome it through treatment and eventually walk again.
We had MP
@jessphillips
meet with
@RihamJafari
from
@AAPalestine
today to hear about the realities that women and girls are facing in Gaza and the West Bank.
They discussed the crucial role that women have in rebuilding and peace processes, something that is continuously
“This is not a single issue movement. I want to give a voice to the disabled people, working people, single parents, and all those who have been condemned by the Conservatives and abandoned by Labour!”
My interview with
@NotAndrewMarr1
:
Today marks 76 years of continued dispossession and injustice against the Palestinian people. The photo below is from 2009, and their struggle has always held a special place in my heart.
Be wary of the politicians who just started speaking about Gaza when it became politically
@jessphillips
Why doesn’t your party call for a halt to arms sales to the Israeli state?
Will it take a bloodbath in Rafah for you to resign from Labour Friends of Israel?
We have officially entered the last ten nights of Ramadan, when Muslims are encouraged to increase in worship and charity.
Birmingham-based Taskforce GLM are aiming to support 1000 orphans in Gaza. The most oppressed of the most oppressed.
I will be donating myself, and I
Are you happy to be a “Labour Friend of…” a state in breach of international law?
I presume that you will be resigning from Labour Friends of Israel with immediate effect.
I cannot help but think that if the advice from lawyers was that no breach of international law had taken place they would be more than happy to admit that. The fact that they won't only leaves us with conclusions to the contrary
@DavidLammy
Imagine allowing weapons to be sent from Britain to a murderous state and then asking them not to use those weapons.
Why will the Labour Party not call for an arms embargo?
I know they are your “friends”, but I think most people would say that if their friend was committing a
Labour are on the rocks in Birmingham. First, they condoned the genocide in Gaza. Now, they are rowing back on their promises to working people in Britain.
The electorate will make their voices heard.
#JodyforYardley
Huge turnout for the canvassing session in Small Heath today, rapidly covering the entire ward. We are aiming to double our numbers week on week, so get in touch and get involved!
From initial reactions in the community, Labour should be very concerned.
Acock’s Green up next!
Before his selection as Labour’s candidate for West Midlands mayor, Richard Parker donated thousands of pounds to Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Shadow Health Minister Wes Streeting. Just after his selection, he lent Reeves a “holiday home”.
Political corruption is not
@DavidLammy
@AndriyYermak
I’m guessing there will be no change in your financial, military, diplomatic, and political support for the Israeli state either?
Good to know that Labour are going to pursue the exact same foreign policy positions as the Conservatives.
As of this evening, those supporting an end to supplying weapons to the Israeli state:
@WorkersPartyGB
, senior Conservative figures, the SNP, the Lib Dems, the Green Party, ex-Supreme Court judges, and the public.
Those against: the Conservative government and the Labour Party.
Here Jess Phillips MP claims that Young Labour is "antisemitic" for tweeting the phrase 'Palestine Lives' at the resignation of Joan Ryan MP. Yet:
- Ryan isn't Jewish.
- Ryan is a pro-Israel campaigner who argues international law should be denied to Palestinians.
@declassifiedUK
He said it was the biggest terrorist attack against Israel since the Holocaust. Israel wasn’t a state when the Holocaust was committed.
So glad you've taken my lead on this, Jess. Of course, disabled people are the best advocates for themselves, but their voices are often missing.
Jess, do you support greater disabled representation in Parliament? If so, might it be time to ditch Keir Starmer’s genocide-enabling
Parents of kids with additional needs are absolute superheroes. Every MP will know of all the cases in their area because these parents are advocating legends. But they shouldn't have to be.
Your party leader, who you want to lead the country, said that the Israeli state “had the right” to cut off water and electricity to Gaza. Is he also a “complete idiot no mark”?
Whoever said this should be immediately thrown out of the Labour Party. I'm glad that the Labour party have quickly condemned it. Journalists should I think be clearer the nature of the source because this could just be some complete idiot no mark with a labour sticker on.
At the University of Birmingham today. Students and staff have called on the University, both openly and privately, to disclose and divest from any Israeli-linked investments, but have so far been rebuffed by the administration.
But why would you want to be a “friend” of a state that has systematically oppressed another people for 75 years and is currently engaged in a genocide? Would you have been a “friend” of Apartheid South Africa? Do you think being a Friend of Israel is representative of the
@jodymcintyremp
@RihamJafari
Phillips voted for a ceasefire and called out Israeli war crimes and would have voted for the motion calling it ‘collective punishment’ you can be a friend of an Israeli state and people and stand against its government and it’s actions.
To be consistent, I presume that you will spend your election campaign proclaiming what an amazing Prime Minister Keir Starmer would be?
Do you really trust someone who said that Israel had the right to cut off electricity and water to the population of Gaza to run the country?
I see the conservatives nationally are really relying on the West Mids mayoral to provide them with succour on election night. It would make Rishi a tiny bit safer if they win, even though the whole Tory campaign is "PLEASE GOD DONT THINK I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH RISHI SUNAK".
@declassifiedUK
It’s almost as if they have realised that being “friends” with a genocidal state might not be overly popular with the British electorate.
The Labour Friends of Israel are a disingenuous bunch. “Friends” of a brutal, apartheid state, but always big on platitudes.
When the Israeli state acts they call it “self-defence”, but when anyone else responds they call it “escalation”.
Nobody wins from escalation. Short term it will, I suspect, be political boost for Iranian leaders & Netanyahu. People of Palestine & Israel will suffer, it will worsen situation for Gazans & those in the West Bank. Iran won't care for them any more than Israeli governments do.
The reporter describes the ongoing horror and genocide taking place in Gaza as the “Israel-Hamas war”. In Keir Starmer’s entire response, he could not even utter the word “Palestine” or “Gaza”.
No contrition. No lesson learnt. Good luck “winning back” our votes.
Labour and Conservative Friends of Israel are banking on us having short memories, and their representatives across the country will soon be seeking to rewrite their parties’ support for genocide.
Perhaps losing 10k+ votes at the ballot box is the only way for many MPs to learn
When you travel around the Yardley constituency, the support for the Palestinian cause is overwhelming evident. Prayers are made for those suffering, and their flags hang on the streets.
#JodyforYardley
We have a huge mission ahead of us, but also a huge opportunity to teach
🚨 BREAKING: Data analysis suggests pro-Palestine independent Akhmed Yakoob WON Jess Phillips' constituency in the West Midlands Mayor election.
⚪️ IND 32.7% (+32.7)
🔴 LAB 31.4% (-23.4)
🔵 CON 25.9% (-3.9)
+/- vs 2019 general election
As
@kennardmatt
points out, neither Labour nor Conservative Friends of Israel will reveal their funders.
“You can guess who they are… and it’s not Oxfam.”
How can we have a “Friend of Israel” as our MP in Birmingham Yardley?
What intelligence tells Israel that this incursion will bring home hostages? Thousands more Palestinians will be killed, our government must lean on Israel to stop this action.
Will the overdue but welcome issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli prime minister Netanyahu and defence minister Gallant for crimes against humanity have a bearing on the legal status of Labour and Conservative "Friends of Israel" lobby groups here in Britain?
Unbelievable
#ICC
Prosecutor
@KarimKhanQC
announces applications for arrest warrants in relation to Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant in the context of the situation in the State of
#Palestine
⤵️
Labour Friend of Israel and MP for Birmingham Selly Oak Steve McCabe cosying up with the President of a state standing accused of genocide.
I hope this clarifies things for the Labour supporters saying “you can be a Friend of Israel without agreeing with their government”.
The Labour Party wheel out the Chair of Labour Friends of Israel to say that “bigger and better conversations” with Muslim families are the way to win support back from Muslims who are angry about the slaughter and starvation of Palestinians and Labour failing to support
@declassifiedUK
When Israelis are the victims, Keir calls it a terrorist attack. When Palestinians are the victims, he calls it a humanitarian disaster.
A pleasure to take my children to the community iftar in Fox Hollies organised by the Save Acocks Green Library campaign.
We remember those who have nothing to break their fast with.
The people of Birmingham Yardley stand with Palestine!
@Lowkey0nline
There has to be a total and permanent ban on Israeli weapons being manufactured in Britain, just as there should be for any genocidal state.
Results of West Midlands mayoral election expected at 3pm today.
Remember when Labour said that losing Muslim voters was “shaking off the fleas”? Well, they’re now at risk of losing out on one of the most important mayoral roles in the country.
Surely this has major implications for the sovereignty and independence of our country?
Are our political representatives compromised by external forces?
It is quite amazing that around 400 UK mobile phones, including in the office of serving prime minister Boris Johnson, were hacked by the Israeli spyware Pegasus, and everyone just moved on as if nothing happened.
Some of the footage sent to me by a constituent of Labour’s £175k development of Small Heath Park.
Where did the money go?
Labour don’t care about disabled people.
#JodyforYardley
Jess, you are a member of Labour Friends of Israel, and the leader of your party said that Israel had the right to cut off water and power from Gaza.
Resign from both.
Actions speak louder than words.
It is not enough to send aid that cannot get in, the UK must do all it can to push Israeli Government to do the right thing and stop the starvation of thousands. Imagine being able to stop this and not bothering, that is Netanyahu's way. It is simply evil
Excited to announce my campaign for Ealing North with the Workers Party. We're tackling the housing crisis head-on, ensuring everyone in our community has a place to call home. Amazing speech by
@georgegalloway
about the plan for the next general elections
@WPB_Ealing
“Will it cost seats…probably, well it may in a very few, I don’t know.”
Labour are unwilling to change their stance on Palestine, even if it costs them seats at the general election.
A vote for Labour is a vote in support of Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.
“They’re not going to change the approach [on Gaza] because it’s the right one”
Former cabinet minister Jacqui Smith defends Keir Starmer's policy on Gaza and says policy shouldn’t be decided by what makes “people in your party feel happy”
#BBCLauraK
@Keir_Starmer
People of conscience are thinking of those fighting for their lives right now. Being shot at in tents. Families targeted by sophisticated weaponry, some of it produced and exported from factories in Britain.
The Palestinian people that you and your party’s leadership said that
@SENDPAG
If enough independent candidates win, there will be a hung parliament, meaning that neither of the establishment parties will be able to do as they wish without taking our voices into account 😊.
I stayed with a family in Beit Lahya whilst I was living in Gaza. Because it’s so close to the north, always one of the worst hit areas during Israeli aggressions.
Scenes of destruction following the Israeli bombardment of Beit Lahya in northern Gaza.
The scale of the destruction in Gaza is extremely difficult to comprehend, the Israeli army are making Gaza uninhabitable.
You stated on national television that disabled people currently have “no incentive” to get a job. We do have jobs and work very hard to support ourselves and our families. These comments contribute to the othering of disabled people in this country, and I think an unequivocal
Great to be out in Harborne today campaigning for
@RichParkerLab
to be the next West Midlands Mayor.
Richard is a great community champion & will deliver the change the West Mids needs.
#VoteLabour
on May 2nd to send a message to Rishi Sunak & the Tories that their time is up🌹
If this is what you believe, then you should have no problem with every voter in Birmingham Yardley knowing that their MP is a “Friend of Israel”.
Let’s see if the people of the constituency feel the same way as you.
@jodymcintyremp
@Pat19eighty4
Blaming Israel for the actions of Netanyahu is like blaming Afghanistan for the Taliban. You can be friends of Israel, but not the PM. Or is that hard for you to comprehend?
Amazing turnout at Acocks Green Library today for the campaign to
#saveourlibraries
.
Reading is a transformative skill and should be accessible to all.
As MP for Birmingham Yardley, I will use my voice and platform to protect these services.
The current MP was noticeably
What’s complex about it? We are arming a country committing a genocide.
If any other state in the world was bombing children’s playgrounds, would the government find it “complex”?
Why are we pleading with cold-blooded killers?
For the second time today, Party leader
@georgegalloway
asks the House about the ongoing catastrophe in Gaza.
The
#uniparty
front bench feign concern for the humanity of Palestinians, but it means little when they're funding and providing military support for the Israeli regime!
I pray that the thousands of Palestinian hostages gain their freedom soon.
I remember the young Palestinians dragged from their homes on a nightly basis when I lived there in 2009-10. Often children, held without charge and for indefinite sentences, or eventually tried in
The Labour Party supports genocide in Gaza and demonising Muslims at home.
Never forget when they said that haemorrhaging Muslim voters was “shaking off the fleas”.
I love many of the candidates and they need your support but if you had an hour to spare to help Keir I can tell you you'd be doing a service to the nation. He is, to put it mildly, the nicest man in politics.