11 UK Labour councillors quit party after leader failed over Gaza ceasefire
Eleven councilors have quit the UK’s Labour Party after their calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza were ignored by the party’s leader Keir Starmer. | British media reported on Monday that the leader of Burnley Council and 10 other councilors had left the party after they called for Starmer to resign. The 11 councilors described their memberships as “untenable” due to the leadership’s refusal to demand a ceasefire in West Asia. ● Keir [Starmer], who has come under internal pressure for Labour to demand a cessation of hostilities, told reporters that his focus was on stopping the suffering in Gaza, not on the “individual positions” of party members. Starmer on Tuesday echoed remarks made earlier by the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu by saying, “Now is not the time for a ceasefire in Gaza.”