Yasmin Alibhai-Brown should read the “supportive” letter from Dina Turner in today’s Independent, praising her recent “wrath of Moses” article about Labour Friends of Israel [See Norman Geras].

Thank you to Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. She is a brave woman. It is disturbing to think that our politicians are working for the benefit of a foreign country, and explains a lot about our Middle East policy.

Dina Turner is not alone in her views. It is a view that I find so common in left wing circles that I have reached the stage were a mild urge to avoid discussing Middle Eastern politics, with those I find otherwise intelligent and interesting, has arisen to avoid the sense of disappointment and distaste it invariably leaves.