{"id":51124,"date":"2026-04-18T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=51124"},"modified":"2026-05-02T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:00:28","slug":"nadia-whittome-mp-at-stop-trump-rally-nottingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/51124","title":{"rendered":"Nadia Whittome MP at Stop Trump Rally, Nottingham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nadia Whittome MP at Stop Trump Rally, Nottingham\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mtkYhiC4bJ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Some people may say that isn&#8217;t this war happening to remove the brutal regime in Iran?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;It&#8217;s undeniable that people in Iran are severely repressed and brutalised by their own government, especially women, especially LGBTQ+ people and minority communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that democracy protestors have been killed in their thousands, creating a deep human rights crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demanding a stop to this war does not mean that we should ever look away from that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if anything, this illegal war has strengthened Iran&#8217;s authoritarian theocratic regime because dropping bombs on them doesn&#8217;t liberate the Iranian people from their brutal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;It doesn&#8217;t bring about democracy, it just kills innocent people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Trump and Netanyahu particularly like to claim that their war will free women from the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;But their far right policies at home continue to prove that Trump and Netanyahu could not care less about women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Has the world suddenly forgotten that this is the man who stripped away abortion rights in America?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Whose administration harms women and children and families in so many ways?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;So this selective feminism to&#8230;to justify wars, illegal wars, that will not fool any of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;We must continue standing up to Trump and Netanyahu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;They have committed war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;They are eradicating entire neighbourhoods, displacing millions from their homes and destroying people&#8217;s futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;And our government should not be allowing the US to use UK bases in its attacks and it must work together with the international community to stop this war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you everyone, solidarity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you very much Nadia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Some people may say that isn&#8217;t this war happening to remove the brutal regime in Iran? &nbsp;&nbsp;It&#8217;s undeniable that people in Iran are severely repressed and brutalised by their own government, especially women, especially LGBTQ+ people and minority communities. 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