Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge - Wikipedia
Jennifer Louise Tonge, Baroness Tonge (née Smith; born 19 February 1941) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park in London from 1997 to 2005.
UK baroness quits party that suspended her over anti-Israel …
Oct 28, 2016 · British lawmaker Jenny Tonge said she left her Liberal Democrat party hours after her suspension from it amid an outcry over her latest anti-Israel rhetoric.
Party suspends UK baroness after meeting where Jews were …
Oct 27, 2016 · Britain’s Liberal Democrat party on Thursday suspended its anti-Israel member of the House of Lords, Baroness Jenny Tonge, two days after she held a meeting in Parliament in which a member of the...
Baroness Tonge resigns from the Liberal Democrats in anti …
Oct 27, 2016 · Earlier on Thursday afternoon, Jenny Tonge, Richmond Park MP from 1997 to 2005 and now a cross-bench peer, was suspended by the party only hours after protests from MPs over comments made at an event she chaired in Parliament. One speaker apparently compared Israel to Islamic State, and suggested the Jews were blamed for the Holocaust.
Anti-Israel UK lawmaker who blamed anti-Semitism rise on Jewish groups ...
Baroness Jenny Tonge, who was suspended from the British Liberal Democrat party for anti-Israel rhetoric and has faced numerous accusations of anti-Semitism, will step down from the House of...
Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge - Wikiwand
Jennifer Louise Tonge, Baroness Tonge ( née Smith; born 19 February 1941) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park in London from 1997 to 2005.
Parliamentary career for Baroness Tonge - MPs and Lords - UK …
May 1, 1997 · Her name is Jennifer Louise Tonge, and she has retired from the House of Lords. Find out about the Parliamentary career of Baroness Tonge, including posts and roles held. UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023.
Baroness Tonge to step down from the House of Lords
Feb 4, 2021 · Anti-Israel peer Baroness Jenny Tonge is to step down from the House of Lords on 19 February. The politician who resigned from the Liberal Democrats after being suspended for comments deemed to be antisemitic, said she will however continue her activism for Palestinians.
Former Lib Dem peer faces calls to be removed from Lords over ...
Baroness Tonge has been accused of antisemitism over a social media post in which she blamed the Israeli government for the hatred behind the mass shooting in Pittsburgh that claimed the lives of...
Jenny Tonge - The Times of Israel
Dec 13, 2019 · Jenny Tonge, suspended by party for previous remarks on Jewish state, says failure to criticize Israeli government contributing to ‘the situation’