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Richard Burden

Richard Burden was Labour MP for Birmingham Northfield 1992 to 2019. He also chaired the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group between 2001 and 2019. He is Vice Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East

<p>‘Few Palestinians reading the speech are likely to feel that there was much equality in the friendship Keir Starmer showed to them’ </p>
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Starmer’s latest Israeli-Palestinian speech left much to be desired

Protesters waving the Palestinian flag during a march against the bombing of Gaza in London in July
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Palestinian statehood: Do we treat Israelis and Palestinians as equals

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