This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sir Keir Starmer has suffered a major rebellion over his stance on the Israel-Gaza war, with 56 of his MPs voting for an immediate ceasefire.
Jess Phillips, Afzal Khan and Yasmin Qureshi were among shadow ministers backing an SNP motion in the House of Commons.
Labour had ordered its MPs to abstain, with frontbenchers facing the sack for supporting it.
In a statement, Sir Keir said Israel had suffered “its worst terrorist attack in a single day” at the hands of Hamas on 7 October.
Sir Keir has argued that a ceasefire would not be appropriate, because it would freeze the conflict and embolden Hamas.
Instead, Labour, like the Conservative government, the United States and the European Union, is calling for “humanitarian pauses” to help aid reach Gaza.
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i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I don’t understand this. How does the UK government voting for a ceasefire actually achieve anything? They’re not going to honour a vote we made.
danielquinn@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
We can’t affect their policy directly, but as close allies that supply them with weapons, we’re uniquely suited to demand a ceasefire. Our leverage is that we would stop providing them with weapons and political cover to continue their genocide.
tal@lemmy.today 1 year ago
There’s sometimes a disconnect between what’s politically advantageous and what’s actual policy. If it’s popular for an MP to vote for a ceasefire…shrugs
We do nonbinding resolutions in Congress all the time. They don’t actually have an effect on policy, but they make some people happy, so…
cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Sometimes foreign policy involves stating a position, even if we can’t unilaterally make it happen. Macron has done this, which paved the way for other leaders to do it as well.
If Starmer wants to be prime minister, he has to realise that he will eventually have to take positions on world events. In my opinion, just following America has been disastrous for us, and I’d like us to change that.