It’s a gaffe a day with David Lammy – but now his latest intervention has ruffled more feathers than usual. On Monday, the Foreign Secretary was firm in his view that, after Israel’s recent suspension of food, fuel and medical deliveries to Gaza, ‘this is a breach of international law’. Leaving no room for error, as pointed out by the Times, Lammy repeated this assertion for the second time in response to Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons. However it seems that this view is not shared by either the Foreign Office or Downing Street. Awkward…
Indeed the Labour lot appear rather keen to row back on the Cabinet Secretary’s remarks. The Foreign Office has said today: ‘The Foreign Secretary’s position remains that Israel’s actions in Gaza are at a clear risk of breaching international law.’ Meanwhile Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s official spokesperson has reiterated that the government remains concerned that Israel’s actions put the country ‘at clear risk’ of law-breaking.
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