Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech on the situation in the Middle East at Chatham House in central London.A senior source close to the party leader said Starmer"is not going to move" on his current position of supporting"humanitarian pauses" to let aid get to Gaza.In a speech earlier this week, the Labour leader said he understood the calls for an immediate ceasefire, but believes that would simply allow Hamas to regroup and mount more attacks on Israel.
Asjad Mahmood, who is the leader of Pendle Borough Council, said Starmer had"failed to listen" to calls for a ceasefire."We want to see a situation where the hostages are returned and we want to get to a place where the violence is ended but that’s not as simple of calling for a ceasefireMore than 30 Labour councillors have so far quit the party, while 15 shadow ministers at Westminster have also broken ranks to call for a ceasefire.
But despite speculation, none of them has yet resigned from the Labour frontbench and Starmer is reluctant to sack them amid fears it could make the situation even worse.Sign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners.
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