Declassified UK: UK Extremism Advisor has been Funded by Israel Lobby

Posted: 6th March 2024

John Woodcock, or Lord Walney, is the UK government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption.

He is urging Britain’s political leaders to take a “zero-tolerance approach” to pro-Palestine and climate protesters and has said MPs should be told “not to engage with anyone” from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign “until they get their house in order and cut the hate from their marches”.

Yet Woodcock can hardly be considered independent. He has previously worked with the Israel lobby and has even accepted funding from it amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Declassified has found.

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