Top Labour official married to lobbyist for Israeli arms firm

 Top Labour official married to lobbyist for Israeli arms firm

Pearson Engineering is owned by the Israeli government. Now, it has hired a lobbying firm run by the husband of Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary.

“The Labour Party’s general secretary is married to a lobbyist for an Israeli arms firm, Declassified can reveal.
Pearson Engineering is based in England, but is part of Israel’s state-owned arms giant, Rafael.
The company makes a range of military equipment and has been the subject of several pro-Palestine protests.

Records show that it has recently hired a lobbying agency called Anacta UK, which is run by former political adviser Teddy Ryan.
Ryan was a senior director of the Labour Party until last year – and is married to the party’s general secretary, Hollie Ridley. 

Labour’s “entanglement” with Israeli arms firms was last night condemned by Philippa Whitford, a former SNP politician and breast cancer surgeon, who worked in Gaza and is now a trustee of Medical Aid for Palestinians.

She told Declassified: “There are far too many examples of UK government policy decisions being heavily influenced by lobby groups, whether on behalf of the wealthy, private health firms or arms companies.
“As we face the appalling suffering in Gaza every day, it is particularly egregious to see the Labour Party’s entanglement with Israeli arms firms such as Rafael”
Martin Williams

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