Denis MacShane
Denis MacShane (born 21 May 1948) is a British MP for Rotherham (since 1994). He worked as a minister in the Foreign Office between 2001 and 2005. Since then he has been made a privy councillor and now represents the UK on the council of Europe.
In November 2003 an article in The Guardian reported:
- The Foreign Office minister Denis MacShane is facing a grassroots revolt in his constituency after his challenge to Muslims to choose between the "British way" and the way of terrorists.
- Activists in Rotherham yesterday sent a strongly worded motion to Labour's national executive committee voicing no confidence in their MP and saying he should be disciplined.
- Mr MacShane attempted to deflect criticism at the weekend by saying that Muslim councillors in Rotherham agreed with him, but two out of four local Muslim councillors have endorsed the motion taking Mr MacShane to task.
- It says: "Denis MacShane is inciting racial and religious hatred, by publicly implying in the press that the Muslim community elected members and leaders are in favour of terrorism and being anti-British.
- "We feel these comments are ill-informed, designed to portray us in the media as conspiring against the state. The Nazis in world war two similarly accused the Jews, disputing their patriotism, which was so well executed that it led to what we now know as the Holocaust."[1]
MacShane is a member of the British Israel lobby group Labour Friends of Israel.[2] He is a former president of the National Union of Journalists.
Affiliations
- Labour Friends of Israel
- Henry Jackson Society
- Euston Manifesto – signatory [1]
- Engage – speaker at their events [2][3]
- former member (from 1980) of the campaign steering group of the Campaign for Press Freedom, based at 9 Poland Street
- Chatham House
- European Adviser,[3] United Utilities (http://www.unitedutilities.com/) - British utility company
Resources
- Neocon Europe Denis MacShane
Notes and References
- ↑ Hugh Muir, "MacShane faces revolt over 'insult' to British Muslims", The Guardian, 28 November 2003, accessed April 9 2009
- ↑ "Who We Are", Labour Friends of Israel website, accessed 9 April 2009
- ↑ They Work For You, Changes to the Register of Members' Interests, Denis MacShane, accessed 27 November 2008.
