For the third week in a row, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of London last Saturday to demand an immediate ceasefire to Israelās current war on Gaza. But yesterday, the UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman labelled these protests āhate marches".
On the same day, Tory MP Paul Bristow was asked to leave his job after he called for a humanitarian ceasefire in a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. A Downing Street spokeswoman explained that this was ānot consistent with the principles of collective responsibility".
Even in the opposition Labour Party, politicians have suffered consequences for calling for a ceasefire or displaying pro-Palestine sentiments. A senior Labour MP, Andy McDonald, was suspended from the parliamentary party yesterday following ādeeply offensiveā comments he made at a pro-Palestine rally over the weekend.
At the march on Saturday, he said: āWe won't rest until we have justice. Until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea, can live in peaceful liberty.ā Labour Party leader Keir Starmer spoke in London today and reiterated his partyās position on the conflict: āWhile I understand calls for a ceasefire at this stage, I do not believe that it is the correct position now.ā
Produced by Alexander Durie
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