{"id":134704,"date":"2023-10-29T10:09:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=134704"},"modified":"2023-10-29T10:09:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T10:09:48","slug":"keir-starmer-is-about-to-prove-he-can-never-be-prime-minister-over-gaza-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/keir-starmer-is-about-to-prove-he-can-never-be-prime-minister-over-gaza-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer is about to prove he can never be Prime Minister over Gaza crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anas Sarwar calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas<\/h3>\n

The Israel-Gaza crisis has completely exposed Sir Keir Starmer and revealed that all the hard work he has put in since replacing Jeremy Corbyn has largely been a fa\u00e7ade or an act.<\/p>\n

The big sell for the Labour leader was that sensible politics had taken back control of Labour and the days of \u201cmagic grandad\u201d (Corbyn\u2019s nickname among many Labour MPs) were over.<\/p>\n

Anti-Semitism with a hatred of Israel at its core, in particular, had been expunged from the party and the words \u201cnever again\u201d were being used over Labour\u2019s dark chapter in that regard.<\/p>\n

The far left of the Corbynista fringe had either been ousted (Corbyn, himself, Diane Abbott and Owen Jones) or confined to the backbenches (John McDonnell, Richard Burgon, Zarah Sultana and a number of others).<\/p>\n

OK, it took Starmer a while to be able to confirm what a woman is, but with Peter Mandelson whispering in his ear, Pat McFadden running the election campaign and Corbyn banished it seemed that his USP was centrist Blairite mark two, safe to elect and back in control of a previously fractious party.<\/p>\n

The Gaza-Israel crisis has proven that was about as far from the truth as the time Sadiq Khan told Londoners that he had no plans to expand ULEZ.<\/p>\n

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It now feels inevitable that Starmer will call for a ceasefire in Israel-Gaza and end the united front he and Rishi Sunak have put on in regard to the crisis.<\/p>\n

Until now he has correctly struck with the line that \u201cIsrael has a right to defend itself\u201d after Hamas\u2019s appalling atrocities but there is now overwhelming pressure from within Labour for him to change tack.<\/p>\n

Of course, a ceasefire will only serve to allow Hamas to embed itself further behind civilian targets and rearm for yet more atrocities. But never mind that the unity of the Labour Party is at stake.<\/p>\n

What this has exposed is that Starmer has not been able to end the anti-Semitism in his party by a long way.<\/p>\n

Now he is being bombarded by two powerful factions in Labour \u2013 the increasing reliance on the Muslim vote especially in big cities and the return of the Corbynistas.<\/p>\n

Starmer is in effect a prisoner of his party\u2019s own factions.<\/p>\n

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