Keir Starmer appears to have forgotten that the Labour Party is founded on principles

What has made this conflict cut so deep into Labour is that it strikes at universal human rights and international law

Andrew Fisher: ‘There are no calls for Starmer to resign – not from the Labour left, affiliated trade unions or even the most disgruntled backbenchers’ , I remember discussing the electoral significance of foreign policy with a colleague in my team. “Foreign policy doesn’t matter until all of a sudden it really does,” she rightly said.is about policy but it’s also about principles – and that’s why it runs so deep and so many Labour figures feel compelled to speak out.

Over 20 Labour groups on local councils have issued statements backing a ceasefire . Over 30 Labour councillors have resigned from the party over the leadership’s stance – costing the party control of the council in Oxford and in Blackburn. Nothing like this happened on this scale over the Iraq War 20 years ago.dominated every news bulletin.

But it is unlikely, since Starmer and his spokespeople repeat the mantra “Israel has a right to defend itself”. Of course it does, but like all rights it is limited by the impact on others, and it does not have a right to perpetrate war crimes – which the siege of Gaza, indiscriminate bombardment, and alleged

Damage is being done with every statement, every tweet, every failure to admit and apologise for mistakes (whether that’s over

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