Starmer goaded Rishi over his double by-election loss in bruising PMQs clashes today. The Labour leader kicked off hostilities on the first anniversary of Mr Sunak taking over in No10 by welcoming his new MPs for Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth.
Keir Starmer is today desperately trying to dampen the flames of a major Labour rebellion over his backing for Israel in the conflict in Gaza - after he failed to mention the carnage in the Middle East at PMQs.
Long-standing tensions within Labour have flared since the atrocities in Israel, with a slew of councillors quitting and left-wing MPs deeply unhappy. Keir Starmer is scrambling to quell a growing Labour meltdown over his backing for Israel today. He failed to ask Rishi Sunak at PMQs Sir Keir is embroiled in a bitter row with a mosque in Wales after community leaders accused him of 'gravely misrepresenting' their discussions during a visit at the weekend
Sir Keir has since denied he ever endorsed Israel withholding humanitarian aid, insisting his remark related to a different question. Shadow Treasury minister Darren Jones insisted it was a 'routine' engagement, also expected to be attended by deputy leader Angela Rayner. Meanwhile, Sir Keir has been accused of having 'gravely misrepresenting' a meeting with Muslim leaders in south Wales over the weekend.
Sir Keir said he was 'questioned by members' and 'made clear it is not and has never been my view that Israel had the right to cut off water, food, fuel or medicines. International law must be followed'. 'We affirm, unequivocally, the need for a free Palestine. We implore all those with political authority to uphold international law, and to end the occupation of Palestine.'
Full text of Labour Muslim councillors' letter to Keir Starmer over Gaza position Dear Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner, This week five UN agencies, including The World Food Programme and the World Health Organization have called for a humanitarian ceasefire as they described the conditions in Gaza as “catastrophic”. Leaders across all faiths, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, have also called for a ceasefire and polling shows the vast majority of Britons and Labour voters support this position .
Therefore, as Labour Party councillors, as members, and as members of the Muslim community we urge the Labour Party to urgently adopt a position of calling for an immediate ceasefire, calling on the UK government and the international community to act upon this proposal to save innocent human lives.
What had sparked this latest Leftie tantrum was, inevitably, Starmer’s robust stance on Israel in the wake of Hamas’s barbaric attacks earlier this month. Two weeks ago, the Labour leader had gone further still, telling LBC radio that Israel ‘does have that right’ to cut off water and power to the Gaza Strip in response to Hamas’s attacks.
In a separate statement, six Oxford councillors wrote: ‘This is a direct threat to our democratic rights. We no longer feel we can serve as Labour councillors… in a choice between serving our parties or justice, we have chosen justice.’ Yet this simple fact seems to elude the 36 Labour MPs who backed a Parliamentary motion tabled last week by the ultra-Left MP Richard Burgon.
But other names were more surprising — and it is abundantly clear that Labour’s issues with Israel run deeper.
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