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Palestinians mourn relatives killed by an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in front of the morgue in Deir al Balah, November 6, 2023
SIR KEIR STARMER faced rising pressure to resign today as 11 more councillors quit Labour over his “nonsensical” refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The Burnley councillors described their memberships as “untenable” given the party leader’s refusal to go beyond his call for “humanitarian pauses” amid the escalating conflict.
Among them is council leader Afrasiab Anwar, who said they had tried “everything we could by working within the party,” and issued a joint call with Pendle borough councillor Asjad Mahmood for Sir Keir to resign over his leadership on the issue.
Thousands of Palestine protesters march on eve of Labour conference
Despite declining to show Kneecap’s set, the BBC broadcast Bob Vylan leading a ‘death to the IDF’ chant — and the resulting outrage has only amplified the very message the Establishment wanted silenced, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER