Lammy and Labour betray Jagtar Singh Johal

I was sickened to see on a Satluj TV podcast today how Labour's Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, refused (when asked in the Houses of Parliament by his opposition counterpart) to confirm the comment he made when he was in opposition (of the arbitrary detention of Jagtar Singh Johal). 

Clearly, taking office has changed Lammy's attitude to Jagtar Singh Johal's incarceration.  It has also made him appear, to me, a coward and two-faced. 

It was also sickening to learn that NOT A SINGLE LABOUR MP raised a question about Jagtar Singh Johal's incarceration. Here is a British Citizen incarcerated for 7 years without trial and successive British governments have done nothing to secure his release and bring him back home, or at least force a trial and a judgement. 

It's possible Lammy and other Labour MPs, are under orders from Starmer to keep hush on Jagtar Singh Johal arbitrary detention, to avoid jeopardising potentially lucrative trade negotiations with the Indian government. 

It's also possible that steps are being taken by the government to significantly help Jagtar Singh Johal, but these steps are deliberately not being aired in public to avoid jeopardising progress.

The Tories did nothing for Jagtar Singh Johal while they were in power, said Satluj TV's presenter, Angus Scott, but now they are in opposition, they don't miss the opportunity to put Lammy on the spot. 

"Once again, it's: we'll talk the talk, but we won't walk the walk...It's all absolute political rhetoric", said Angus Scott of British governments.