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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Daniel Boffey

How the Israel-Hamas conflict is dividing the UK Labour party

Keir Starmer delivers a speech
Keir Starmer. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images

What is the problem facing the Labour leader, Keir Starmer?

Keir Starmer’s Labour party is miles ahead of Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives in the polls and, with the UK seemingly crying out for change after 13 years of Tory rule, victory at the next general election seems likely. However, in recent days Starmer has been urged to quit from people within his own party. The immediate source of the discontent has been the Labour leader’s refusal to back calls for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.

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