For Labour MP for Northfield Richard Burden some deaths are worth remembering but not others

This morning a couple of tweets from British Labour MP Richard Burden caught my attention:

The death of Tom Hurndall was a terrible incident and an Israeli soldier was tried by an Israeli court, found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to a long prison sentence.

Since Richard Burden was so keen to remind us of Tom Hurndall's death, I wondered who else's death he considered worthy of remembrance.

Rachel Corrie's death, whilst sad and regrettable, was not the clear cut event that the supporters of the Palestinian cause/haters of Israel like to portray. Read around the subject please.

Since Richard Burden is so keen on remembering people killed in the Israeli - Palestinian conflict I looked to see if he had posted anything on the 11th March, he hadn't. I wonder if he even knows why that date is important? So why would Richard Burden choose to remember the manslaughter of Tom Hurndall and the accidental killing of Rachel Corrie but not the brutal murder of the five members of the Fogel family?

A man who calls Palestinian terrorists by the term 'resistance groups' has nailed his colours pretty firmly to the mast. I wonder what first interested Richard Burden in this subject area?

One final tweet of Richard Burden's caught my eye

Does Richard Burden not realise that Israeli attacks on Gaza are in response to incessant rocket attacks on Israel? If these rocket attacks ceased then Israel would not need to try and destroy the rocket launchers and their operators? Would he rather more Israelis were killed?


I have plenty more to say about Richard Burden and his interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Watch this space...