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  100 Great Black Britons - Oona King
Oona King was born on the 22 October 1967 in Sheffield, and brought up in Camden.
Oona's father is Preston King, professor of political science, and her mother is Hazel King, a teacher.
Oona worked as a Researcher for the Socialist Group of the European Parliament (1990), and then moved on to work for Glyn Ford MEP (1991-3).
www.100greatblackbritons.com /bios/oona_king.html   (354 words)

  
 labour oona king israel palestinians palestine gaza
Oona King, the London East representative of the governing Labour Party, returned from her brief trip to Gaza to proclaim that conditions there were the same in nature but not extent as Polands Warsaw Ghetto, where Jews were corralled and oppressed by Adolf Hitlers Nazis.
And Oona King is committing theft - trying to steal the pity and outrage rightly reserved for victims of extreme conditions, for people that are neither victims, nor by her own admission, do their conditions match the extreme ones with which she has chosen to compare them.
It is. It is almost as ludicrous and counterproductive as Oona Kings comparing Gaza to the Warsaw Ghetto.
www.betar.co.uk /articles/betar1057182520.php   (941 words)

  
 Bethnal Green & Bow 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bethnal Green and Bow MP Oona King led a debate on Anti-Social Behaviour in Parliament on Thursday.
Oona drew attention to the Council’s action plan to reduce anti-social behaviour.
The meeting was Chaired by Oona King MP, and the speakers included the Home Secretary, Right Honorable David Blunkett MP, Louise Casey (Anti-Social Behaviour Unit), Stephen Grix (Director of Education Tower Hamlets) and Mark Simmons (Borough Police Commander).
www.oonaking.com /b_and_b_03.htm   (1364 words)

  
 Galloway wins ovation in east London Telco debate with Oona King|30Apr05|Socialist Worker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Both George Galloway and Oona King pledged to work together to ensure that the election campaign proceeded peacefully and with dignity.
Oona King: Regarding stock transfer, I think we’ve got to recognise that during 18 years of Conservative government, the money paid for housing was cut.
Oona King: I did not agree with the anti-terrorism bill when it was first introduced, I do not agree with it now, and I will never think that it is acceptable to have detention without trial or for politicians to incarcerate rather than judges.
www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php4?article_id=6357   (1458 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | The Monday interview: Oona King
There's King with her good friend Glenys Kinnock, whom she worked for as a researcher; King and Tony Blair - she, with her head back, hooting with laughter, he looking stiffly uneasy; her uncle, the American civil rights activist and lawyer CB King, talking to Martin Luther King.
Her father Preston King, a fl American, was expelled from the US for draft dodging (Bill Clinton formally pardoned him 40 years later).
Her uncle, CB King, was regularly beaten up by the police who were furious that he represented white people, and he eventually ran against Jimmy Carter in the primaries.
www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,953793,00.html   (1833 words)

  
 Oona King hits out at campaign 'bullying' Evening Standard (London) - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
DEFEATED Labour MP Oona King today hit out at the "intimidation" and anti-Semitic abuse she suffered during her bitter election battle in the East End.
Ms King, who lost Bethnal Green and Bow to antiwar campaigner and Respect party candidate George Galloway by 823 votes, claimed she was regularly abused as a "yid" and a "Jewish bitch" on the campaign trail.
Ms King admitted that her support for the war in Iraq had been a big factor in her defeat.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20050511/ai_n14623102   (402 words)

  
 King-Barnes Families - Family News & Announcements
King's work is in high demand ---- from choreographing Patrick Swayze to crafting works for the dance world's best.
King's creativity forces her to stay true to her roots while still matching his company's artistic presence.
Oona King sent along this piece she wrote for The Observer, Britain's largest Sunday paper back in April.
www.kingbarnes.com /news.shtml   (3503 words)

  
 RESPECT - The Unity Coalition - Respect reports
But in the other leaflet this same passage has become: "Ken Livingstone added: 'Oona has been a great supporter of my neighbourhood policing scheme and, thanks to her efforts locally, by July Tower Hamlets will be the first London borough to have local police on the beat in every local community'".
John Rees, Respect national secretary, said “Oona keeps on complaining about people dividing the community but here she is saying one thing to Muslims and another thing to everyone else.
“Oona King should stop complaining about other people’s campaigns and get a grip on the hypocrisy and double standards in her own material.” George Galloway said.
www.respectcoalition.org /?ite=693   (322 words)

  
 MPACUK - Oona King Plays The Old Anti-semitism Card
Oona King should be more cognisant of the dangers, having already paid out two sets of libel writs to George."
Ms King, 37, last month paid Mr Galloway's legal costs and made a £1,000 donation to charity over allegations she made in a press release about sexual impropriety.
Ms King, who has a Jewish mother and a fl American father, retaliated by attacking the salute Mr Galloway once gave to Saddam Hussein on a visit to Iraq.
www.mpacuk.org /content/view/545/26   (453 words)

  
 channel4.com / More4 / Personalities
Oona King was born in 1967 in Sheffield, and was brought up in Camden.
In 1990, she worked as a Researcher for the Socialist Group of the European Parliament, and then worked for Glyn Ford MEP (1991-3).
Oona King on 'The Last Word' (Nov 2005)
www.channel4.com /more4/personalities/oonaking.html   (255 words)

  
 Vision Circle: My American Journey - Oona King MP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
My American Journey - Oona King MP Fear of the "other" drives people further apart, and I'm surprised to find that even my Dad lives in a segregated fl enclave.
When I ask him why, he says, "It's not so much that it's fl, it's just that whites won't live here." The irony for most middle-class African-Americans like my Dad is that they have been detached from the rest of the fl population.
Former MP Oona King set out on a personal journey through the southern states to see what has changed since her fl father was forced to flee the US The last time I visited New Orleans I was a student travelling around America.
www.visioncircle.org /archive/004797.html   (3065 words)

  
 Oona King, former MP, Bethnal Green & Bow (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Oona King, former MP, Bethnal Green and Bow (TheyWorkForYou.com)
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Oona King, former MP Former Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow
www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/oona_king/bethnal_green_and_bow   (315 words)

  
 Comment is free: Oona King
Oona King is a former Labour MP, and the chair of Tower Hamlets Advocacy Network and Community Support.
The PM feels misunderstood but members are unlikely to give him the benefit of the doubt...
WSJ: Propaganda then and now - Recent movies ask us to sympathise with soldiers while criticizing war....
commentisfree.guardian.co.uk /oona_king   (277 words)

  
 UK Indymedia - " Oona King had let down East End constitients" - women at Bow West   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Two women at the Bow West campaign meeting against Crossrail attacks on the East End spoke about the way that Oona King had let the community down.
This was caused by the response there of a batch of Blairite Oona King baggage carriers of the pre 5 may 20905 days.
I heard tonight at Bow West of Oona King's embarassing antics — Labour Party member Bethnal Green and Bow
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2006/03/335335.html   (437 words)

  
 Home - Oona King - Labour Candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Home - Oona King - Labour Candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow
This website was created before the recent general election was called and related to my work as Member of Parliament.
Promoted by Peter Watt, General Secretary, the Labour Party on behalf of the Labour Party, both at 16 Old Queen Steet, London SW1H 9HP.
www.oonaking.labour.co.uk   (166 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Aristotle | King, Oona
Not currently an MP Oona King says: On her proudest achievement in parliament since 2001: "Domestically - to secure the first parliamentary inquiry into affordable housing, and to change the definition of overcrowded housing.
Internationally - the UN security council's "expert group" described the report of the all-party group that I founded on genocide prevention as a "model" document."
Others say: ?well read multiculturalist with a good sense of humour and sharp elbows?
politics.guardian.co.uk /person/0,9290,-2919,00.html   (73 words)

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