In his regular column for the Record, Stephen Flynn calls for Keir Starmer to 'grow a backbone' and back calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.
How many more children have to die before the world says stop? It’s the sort of sentence you never think will cross your mind, let alone leave your lips.
The reaction was spot on - unequivocal condemnation all round. The reaction to what has happened since. That’s been anything but spot on. Not content, the electricity supply was also cut off. Not wishing to be outflanked by a backup generator, fuel supplies were cut off. For those who wanted to eat, food supplies were cut off. For those needing hospital treatment, medicines supplies were cut off.
For those Palestinians who have mastered both the English language and the power of telepathy this choice is no choice at all. It’s brutal. It’s lethal. And due to the communications blackout, we now barely know the scale of what’s happening.It can never be justified. Nobody should try, and those who do need to give their head a wobble.Both have argued that Israel has the right to withhold water and power from civilians in Gaza. The Labour Leader, Keir Starmer, infamously did so in a radio interview with LBC before waiting just the nine days to clarify that’s not what he meant, despite saying it.
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