David Lammy heckled by pro-Palestine protesters for 10 minutes during speech

The Independent

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy is heckled by pro-Palestine protestors as he tries to speak at an IPPR anti-corruption event in London.The disruption went on for ten minutes as Lammy defended his position on the war in Gaza.

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00:00 [Applause]

00:02 Well, thank you so much for having me here today, and I'd like to thank IPPR.

00:09 [Inaudible]

00:20 The Labour... the Labour... look, I'm sorry.

00:23 We have been calling for a ceasefire for months.

00:27 For months.

00:29 We've been calling for a ceasefire for months.

00:32 We have been calling for a ceasefire for months.

00:35 We have been calling for a ceasefire for months.

00:39 And I refute any suggestion.

00:42 The Labour Party takes money, of course, from people who share our values.

00:47 Just because someone is Jewish, it is shameful and anti-Semitic to allege that they're part of any lobby.

00:54 I refute it entirely.

00:56 I have a 75% share of the vote, I'm quite sure.

01:00 I'm working for the people of Tottenham. Thank you very much indeed.

01:04 Right.

01:06 [Inaudible]

01:10 My friend...

01:11 How many children?

01:13 My friend, you must be under some...

01:15 I'm not currently in government.

01:17 I'm not arming anybody.

01:19 How many children under the rubble before you?

01:22 I'm not currently in government.

01:24 I'm in Isbair.

01:26 How many children?

01:28 I raised this issue in Parliament yesterday.

01:31 How much money have you received from Israeli lobbyists?

01:36 How much money?

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