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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking during the Labour and Civil Society Summit at St John's church in Waterloo, south London, January 22, 2024
‘Ah the irony:’ Aamer Anwar says he doubts Reform has handed over the names of the far-right thugs who went on the rampage in Glasgow last weekend to the Police
LABOUR’S grassroots rebellion against Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to support a ceasefire in Gaza mounted today after a former lord mayor of Newcastle quit the party in protest.
In a blistering attack, councillor Habib Rahman, who became Newcastle’s first non-white lord mayor in 2021, accused Mr Starmer of “advocating for the decimation of the Palestinian people” in his support for Israel.
He joins more than 30 Labour councillors who have quit the party over the leader’s stance.
The electoral cost of Labour’s stance on Gaza is impossible to ignore – the new leadership must take heed, argues PETER LEARY
