PM Keir Starmer Resigns & Palestine Action "Terrorism" Sentencing of "Elbit 4"

[Uncle Joe]

Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as the United Kingdom's prime minister and leader of the Labour Party following growing pressure from within his own party to step down. During his time in office, Starmer faced mounting opposition over his embrace of austerity measures amid a cost-of-living crisis in Britain, as well as his brutal crackdown on Palestine solidarity protesters. Former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is widely expected to become the next prime minister. Some leaders of the British left have warned Burnham may do little to shift from Starmer's policies, including his position on Israel.

Starmer "really lost support in the party because he was perceived as too right-wing for it and because he was too boring. He lacked charisma," explains our guest, the Australian British human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson.

Robertson also discusses Britain's Court of Appeal's ruling that the government's proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is lawful, making it a criminal offense to belong to or support the organization. Four Palestine Action activists were recently sentenced as terrorists over their involvement in a 2024 raid on a British factory operated by one of Israel's largest arms manufacturers, Elbit Systems.

[AloeVera]

1. Since we now live in an irony-free world, Netanyahu said that Starmer "lacks humanity".

In response to Starmer finding a tiny bit of backbone over Lebanon - backbone that was missing in its entirety over Gaza.

Netanyahu also said that Starmer calling for a Palestinian state was "absurd".

I think Starmer's fate was sealed. However, he can find solace that he helped put 4 dangerous terrorists! in prison - a nursery school teacher, a domestic abuse case worker and two students - and drones that kill civilians in the ME will continue to be supplied by a British company.

I wish him all that he deserves in his retirement from politics. Perhaps he could spend his retirement in Gaza and experience the joys of a water-and-electricity-free world that he rationalized was necessary for Israel's "security".