Whoever replaces Sir Keir Starmer will take a tougher line on Israeli war crimes. Imran Mulla and I analyse for Middle East Eye what the Labour leadership crisis is likely to mean for British relations with Israel:
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I just don’t think there should be a leadership challenge. Keir Starmer has a massive mandate given to him by the British people at the general election. I don’t think anybody in the Cabinet has a right to try to overturn that.
I still hope there won’t be a leadership contest. If there is, it’s probable that Keir will stand himself and in which case, I’d be in his camp. What we need now is continuity. We need Labour to deliver on their manifesto.
We haven’t even been two years into this government.
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Today the voices of division will be loud.
They don't speak for the country I know, one that belongs to all of us.
That's our Britain. A Britain worth fighting for.
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78 years ago, 800,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes. Britain made it possible.
Today, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Britain made it possible.
78 years of the Nakba - and 78 years of British complicity in crimes against the Palestinian people.
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I think it’s the worst thing Labour could do right now, there’s no reason to panic over some adverse polling less than two years into a ten year project - and some of what we’re seeing is more opportunism than panic - but if there is to be a leadership contest my first choice for the job would be Keir, that’s who I’ll back.
The NHS has been battered for 14 years by Tory neglect and underfunding. Just as things are starting to turn a corner, Wes decides to walk away from a job he’s actually good at. Because he’s lost confidence apparently. Hard to square that with his talk of being proud to fight in the trenches with Keir at the general election. When the going gets tough and all that…...
People around Ed Miliband have been briefing that he’s urged Keir to set a timetable to walk away - unhelpful enough to say it - worse to leak it to the press. Ed is seen as a potential contender, I’m not convinced. A few weeks ago, he told the country he would finally break the link, the market mechanism that drives our energy bills sky-high in a crisis - the following week he announced the details and he did not break the link or even weaken it. Ed misled the country in my view and the Prime minister.
Keir's top team should be standing behind him right now - and not with knives in their hands.
How about some policy ideas?
This whole leadership circus is a massive distraction from the job, not just at a time of global crisis but at a time when the people of Britain are making clear they want more change, they want to feel the change in their lives. The answer to that, some seem to think - is to have a new leader. That’s a delusion and often enough a conceit, sold to us on the premise it’s in the national interest or the party’s interest - when the truth is much closer to home.
Labour has a job to do and a mandate to do it.
Let’s get on with it.
I’ll always champion peaceful protest. But the Unite the Kingdom march organisers are peddling hatred and division.
We’ve already blocked visas for far-right agitators who want to come here to spew their extremist views.
They don't speak for the decent, fair, respectful Britain I know.
🚨NEW: One of the Ukrainian “models” in the Keir Starmer arson case has been declared as mentally disabled 🇬🇧
22 year old Roman Lavrynovych has a general ability index score of 66, with a score of below 70 is widely viewed as “intellectually disabled.”
This absolutely STINKS of a cover up 😬
Truss crashed the bond market after becoming prime minister. Uncertainty over the Labour leadership could leave any replacement for Keir Starmer with their hands tied over fiscal policy before they even take over. That's why I am calling for stability... 1/...
🌹 Labour gains in 2x Filton Town Council by-elections yesterday!
These were seats held by a Green & a Tory, and straight run-offs between us & Reform… we gained both! 🌹
Thank you to everyone who voted for Andy & Mac, who will be brilliant Cllrs - and to our excellent team!
Two Jewish men were walking home and egged from a car so forcefully that one fell to the ground. This is the FIFTH antisemitic attack on Jews in London in a week. That’s almost one a day. All the security in the world can’t stop this.
🎥 @Shomrim
The Labour Party has 20,000 new members. They joined to support Starmer as PM. Not to support rebels because they can’t vote for them for at least 6 months after joining.
When Keir Starmer was elected he made it clear that it would take TEN YEARS to make a difference. To repair broken Britain
There’s 8 years to go
#TenYearKeir
@haaretzcom Land theft, ethnic cleansing and genocide in plain sight for all to see yet the world does nothing and still supports the entity. What a fucking world…