{"id":91344,"date":"2026-04-03T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=91344"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:00:29","slug":"91344","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/04\/03\/91344\/","title":{"rendered":"The threat from Isreal and Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found this post on X<\/a> particularly telling regarding the biases within the UK government.<\/p>\n

As is noted, the government has put the entire Iranian state on the enhanced tier of its Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, while at the same time one third of the MPs in the cabinet and one quarter of MP's altogether receive funding from organisations sympathetic to Israel.<\/p>\n

There is a massive problem with the purchase of influence within the UK government, but it does not come from Iran. The problem is with Israel, which can now be quite reasonably described as the biggest rogue state on earth, and is undoubtedly a greater threat to UK security given the current consequences of its actions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Why isn't funding from the pro-Israel lobby being treated in the same way as that from Iran? Both are neofascist, theocratic states undertaking actions deeply repugnant to those committed to human rights, democracy and justice. That one is apparently favoured, despite that fact is profoundly worrying.<\/p>\n

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