The Labour conference has backed a union-led motion accepting a UN finding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and urging the British government to act to prevent it.
The emergency motion – proposed by the UK’s biggest union, Unison, and seconded by the train drivers’ union Aslef – passed because of affiliate backing, despite organisers indicating that a show of hands in the hall suggested support for a leadership-backed alternative that referred only to a “risk” of genocide.
