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Starmer tells Israel ‘no more excuses’ on Gaza aid

Keir Starmer's first Labour conference as Prime Minister is dominated by the wrong sort of headlines (Getty)

Keir Starmer has moved on rather quickly from Labour conference, pitching up in New York to tell Israel that it can use ‘no more excuses’ and must allow more aid into Gaza.

In his speech to the UN General Assembly, the Prime Minister also called for an immediate ceasefire, and said there needed to be a ‘credible and irreversible path to a viable Palestinian state alongside a safe and secure state of Israel’. He added: ‘That is the only way to provide security and justice to both Israelis and Palestinians.’ He also turned on Russia, saying he didn’t know how the country could ‘show its face in the building’.

This was a forceful speech from the Prime Minister, one designed to underline his claim that Britain is now taking ‘responsible global leadership’ with him in charge.

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Isabel Hardman is assistant editor of The Spectator and author of Why We Get the Wrong Politicians. She also presents Radio 4’s Week in Westminster.

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