In previous years, an outbreak of fighting between Israel and Palestine might have provoked disagreement, writes Political Correspondent Harry Horton.
Angela Rayner led a minute's silence in front of a packed out conference hall at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, in memory of thoseIn previous years, an outbreak of fighting between Israel and Palestine during the party's annual conference might well have provoked passionate disagreement and squabbles among delegates.
"When I see what we’ve seen, the massacre of people at a music festival, old people, young people, other people taken hostage. It needs to be condemned very clearly,” he told me on Monday.One senior Labour shadow cabinet official said they were pleasantly surprised at Burgon’s willingness to describe the attacks as terrorism.
One Labour staff member said they thought some audience members at one fringe were “Tory spies” hoping to feed back any colourful quotes to CCHQ.'It's clearly a series of acts of terrorism': Labour MP Richard Burgon tells ITV News the attacks in Israel 'need to be condemned' Lisa Nandy, Labour’s shadow International Development minister, said the UK should review aid given to Palestinians in the wake of Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel.
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