Sir Keir Starmer is thought to be on the brink of a major U-turn over his Israel-Gaza stance with pressure piling on the Labour Party leader to call for a ceasefire in the beleaguered region.
Last night, the Labour chief attempted to quell a potential frontbench rebellion, with some senior Labour MPs said to be on “resignation watch”, but there are fears his statement calling for a “humanitarian pause” in the fighting to allow vital aid to get to civilians was “too little too late”.
One official told the Politico website, which reports some Labour MPs have received more than 500 angry emails and a “relentless” blitz of phone calls, that his new statement is “completely insufficient”.
A second said it “might calm things for a few days but it won’t last. They’re bombing the sh*t out of civilians. He’s going to end up calling for a cease-fire.”
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