floofloof@lemmy.ca to UK PoliticsEnglish · 8 months agoWave of Labour frontbenchers resign to back calls for ceasefire in Gazanews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down12
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minus-squareSbisasCostlyTurnoverlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoI’d be absolutely stunned if Labour found a way to lose the next GE based on a foreign policy issue. I’m also not sure how voting for a ceasefire in a conflict that’s seen over 11,000 dead civilians in a month can be construed as a bad thing. Had Starmer not ordered his MPs to abstain I’m going to assume there would be significantly more than the 50 or so who voted with this motion.
I’d be absolutely stunned if Labour found a way to lose the next GE based on a foreign policy issue.
I’m also not sure how voting for a ceasefire in a conflict that’s seen over 11,000 dead civilians in a month can be construed as a bad thing.
Had Starmer not ordered his MPs to abstain I’m going to assume there would be significantly more than the 50 or so who voted with this motion.