Plaid Cymru launched their manifesto on 16 May 2017. You can read it in full here.

Defending Wales On the global stage (page 48 & 49)

A draft of the Labour Manifesto was leaked on 11 May 2017. It can be read in full here.

Diverse Communities

"The Labour Party is the party of equality. We seek to build a society free from all forms of racism, anti-Semitism and lslamophobia.

Alastair Binnie-Lubbock (Hackney North and Stoke Newington)

Twitter: @alastairis. Visit his website here.

1) Do you agree that the UK should recognise Palestine? What would be your reasons for and against recognition?

Annabel Mullin (Kensington)

Twitter: @AnnabelMullin. Visit her website here.

1) Do you agree that the UK should recognise Palestine? What would be your reasons for and against recognition?

We value international law, human rights and international cooperation for all these problems and working towards a solution on that basis. The party’s policy is to support the recognition of Palestine as a state.

On 2 May, Caabu hosted an event, chaired by Board Member, John McHugo in which Laila Parsons spoke about her book, The Commander: Fawzi Al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence 1914-1948. Parsons’ work details the 1914-1948 period told through the life of one man, Fawzi Al-Qawuqji, a well-known armed rebel fighting against colonial powers such as Britain across the Arab lands in Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Jordan.

Elaine Bagshaw (Poplar and Limehouse)

Twitter: @esbagshaw. Visit her website here.

1) Which UK policy/policies do you support regarding Israeli settlements in the West Bank? For example, would you support a cessation to UK trade with Israeli settlements?

Charles Lawley (High Peak)

Twitter: @CharlesLawley. Visit his website here.

1) Do you agree that the UK should recognise Palestine? What would be your reasons for and against recognition?

Mark Hunter (Cheadle)

Twitter: @markhunter. Visit his website here.

I have been a supporter of the Palestinian cause for many years and have myself visited the Palestinian territories as a member of an All Party delegation several years ago. I would be happy to discuss these issues in more detail as and when convenient. My quick answers to your detailed questions are as follows:

Victoria Borwick (Kensington)

Twitter: @backborwick Visit her website here.

 Do you agree that the UK should recognise Palestine? What would be your reasons for and against recognition?

I support a two-state solution and defend the right of Israel to protect its security while condemning illegal settlement building.