So Nick Clegg has acted against Jihad Jenny Tonge following her statement to the Jewish Chronicle that there should be an inquiry into stories that the Israeli army was harvesting organs in Haiti.
But by removing her as health spokesperson in the Lords without removing the Lib Dem whip, he may just be prolonging the agony.
If he had hoped to draw a line under the affair, it seems that Baroness Tonge has other ideas. She has already given an interview to the Iranian state TV channel Press TV, which appears to back the idea that she was pushed out by the “Zionist lobby”. [N.B. The Baroness’s interview with Lauren Booth looks like it was recorded in early February, but the remarks were picked up by Press TV and reported after she was sacked as a post hoc justification for her actions. MB 17/02/10].
This morning the channel’s website has gone a step further in an editorial
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