Gardiner and Gujarat: how a "left" Labour MP defended genocide
I hope readers were sad to be reminded, or shocked to learn, of the vicious anti-Muslim pogroms in Gujarat in 2002 ( Solidarity 626). There is a supplementary fact, connected to the UK, that is also shocking (in a more minor key). I wrote recently about Labour MP Barry Gardiner’s support for Narendra Modi and the Hindu right. Gardiner has also defended Modi over Gujarat specifically. Gardiner’s background is firmly on the Labour right, but he now presents himself as some sort of left-winger. He is a regular presence at labour movement actions and demonstrations. After a union fringe meeting at...