Grown-up Diplomacy

Among the primary motivations of Team Starmer, preserving the unity of the Party ranks nearly as high as factional hatred and pleasing the Rothermere Daily Stürmer; hence the latest revision of the official line on the Righteous State's rampage in Gaza. Having admitted that Israel's right to inflict collective punishment in defence of its illegal occupation is perhaps not altogether absolute, Team Starmer moved rapidly to support a sustainable ceasefire, viz. one in which the Palestinians had no right of resistance against the illegal occupation. Now, faced with another possible rebellion in the House of Expenses Claimants over a motion proposed by the hated SNP, Team Starmer has proposed an amendment in favour of a humanitarian ceasefire, namely one in which the Palestinians have no right of resistance against the illegal occupation. In addition, Team Starmer has conceded that such a ceasefire should be immediate, which had proved something of a sticking-point until the butchery reached its present moral heights; and also politely requests the Righteous State not to assault Rafah just yet and for illegal settlements to be carried out in a less noisy fashion than hitherto. It would be a depraved and antisemitic sensibility indeed which could respond with ingratitude to that.