She added that while the majority of people on the marches wanted to see more aid getting into Gaza, "I think politicians, all of us, we've got to a duty and a responsibility to choose our language with care, but also to act in a way that sets ...
Analyzing the vote in 930 wards, Professor Will Jennings of the University of Southampton summarized, “Labour is in an uncomfortable position on Gaza. And it is not just Muslim voters.” In the 20 constituencies in the UK with a Muslim electorate over 30% who elected a Labour MP in 2019,...
Catherine Ashton20 March 1956A woman with zero qualification or experience of foreign affairs who, in 2009, was made 'High representative for Foreign Affairs and Security policy' in a deal which finally recognised that the position was NOT going to be given to Tony Blair ...
All ten incumbent Labour councillors in Pendle (nine of them Asians) resigned, in protest at the party leadership’s stance on Israel’s war in Gaza and its handling of ‘anti-semitism’ allegations. Ten parish councillors from the Pendle area also resigned – some of them were due to be ...
But the row is a symptom of a wider feeling of frustration that the party's position on the conflict is out of step with the position of much of its membership in not doing enough to stand up for the rights of the people of Gaza - an anger which only grows as...
International pressure on Hamas and the other terrorist butchers might well have taken the steps to halt the basics reaching Gaza, rather like Israel has done. Finding ways to protect further atrocities on Israel might help de-escalate. We also need to calm the damage planned on Gaza which is...
The brutal attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, led to a war of self-defence in Gaza Strip. At the same time, South Africa has appealed against the genocide carried out by Israel in Gaza at the International Court of Justice. The Court has not as yet ordered a ceasefire but in an ...
pro-Palestinian position. We’ve also seen Momentum, the Corbynite campaign group within Labour, leap on the Rochdale result to say this is down to Starmer’s twin failures on candidate selection. But again, on Gaza, is Labour’s position on the Israel-Hamas war gonna have to move further...
difficult time internationally to be taking over with, you know, war on two fronts, and particularly because of the Middle East, as we’ve discussed many times around this table. You know, inside the Labour party, it’s a really tricky one to handle in terms of tone on Gaza and Israel...
as chief secretary to the Treasury at the time, shortlived in that position, was waving around the letter and said all this was a sort of personal, jokey communication, how what an appalling breach of political etiquette to publish it, which was ridiculous because what a great political gift...