{"id":135206,"date":"2023-11-06T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmybiznews.com\/?p=135206"},"modified":"2023-11-06T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:38:59","slug":"labour-crisis-deepens-as-11-councillors-quit-en-masse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmybiznews.com\/politics\/labour-crisis-deepens-as-11-councillors-quit-en-masse\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour crisis deepens as 11 councillors quit en masse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keir Starmer says ceasefire in Gaza isn’t ‘correct position’<\/h3>\n

Sir Keir Starmer is under renewed pressure over Palestine this morning after 11 Labour councillors in Burnley issued a join letter of resignation.<\/p>\n

The group council leader, Afrasiab Anwar, was among those who quit, after a decade in the Labour Party.<\/p>\n

A statement issued on behalf of the resigning councillors said they had tried to “effect [sic] change from within\u201d the Labour Party, however \u201cit has become apparent that Keir Starmer and the leadership either cannot or will not heed our concerns\u201d.<\/p>\n

They blasted the Labour leader for refusing to call for a ceasefire in his speech at Chatham House, \u201cwhich would have alleviated the sugaring of the innocent people of Gaza and Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n

They said: \u201cAfter exhausting every available option, we have arrived at the conclusion that the current party stance on Palestine does not align with the values we hold dear.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong> Labour frontbencher says Keir Starmer\u2019s ceasefire opposition has caused \u2018hurt’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cConsequently we have collectively decided to resign from the Labour Party with immediate effect, feeling that our place within the party is untenable given its present position.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group pledged to continue representing their voters as independent councillors, and the mass walkout from Labour means Sir Keir\u2019s party no longer control the council.<\/p>\n

The resignations are just the latest blow to Keir Starmer\u2019s leadership since Hamas\u2019s bloody attack on October 7.<\/p>\n

Earlier last week, around 330 Labour councillors wrote to Sir Keir demanding a ceasefire, despite the Labour leadership making their views clear that a ceasefire would allow Hamas to rebuild and prevent Israel from defending itself.<\/p>\n

His party is no less divided in Parliament, with one in three of Sir Keir’s own MPs demanding he change course.<\/p>\n

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