Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
manage to take a crisis in the Middle East and make it about itself,” grumbled one senior member of the shadow cabinet this week.and become viewed by many as the prime minister-in-waiting, he faces the biggest test of his leadership since he succeededHis troubles started two weeks ago when, during an interview on LBC, he appeared to give his support to Israel cutting off water, fuel and food supplies to Gaza.
A crisis meeting between Starmer and around a dozen MPs and peers did little to calm the tensions within the parliamentary party.to break ranks yesterday and call for an end to the bombing merely piled further pressure on the Labour leader.One accused them of “political posturing while babies die”. Among those voicing their concerns behind the scenes are shadow postmaster general Jon Ashworth and Shabana Mahmood, the shadow justice secretary and one of Starmer’s closest allies.
Starmer’s office is said to fear the “domino effect” of one frontbench resignation leading to several more. However, some in the party believe the row has shone an unflattering light on the whole Starmer operation.
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