Shockat Adam is the Independent MP for Leicester South, and was elected in July 2024.
“Am I going to go blind?” It’s a question optometrists hear all too often. Tragically, in many cases, despite our best efforts, the answer is yes. Few things are more disheartening in our profession, especially when that blindness could have been prevented.
On 18 March, I secured a Westminster Hall debate on the UK’s secretive military cooperation with Israel’s war in Gaza and a chance to hear a government minister respond. Given Labour’s unwavering support for Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza (with minor concessions
I tabled a Bill last week to recognise a Palestinian state. It did not get debated. We ran out of time, a little like what is happening to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. They are running out of time. My
