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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Unexpected from Keir Starmer.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It shows how low the bar is with pro Israeli regimes in the West.

"we won't object to the application of an arrest warrant for a war criminal who is orchestrating a genocide"

That should be the standard for every country

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

i'm so glad to see this from starmer and labour; this plus macron's initiative to invalidate the french elections by working the far right was giving me a pessimistic view of our future.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not that unexpected - from the article:

David Lammy, the foreign secretary, told the Commons in May: “Labour’s position is that the ICC chief prosecutor’s decision to apply for arrest warrants is an independent matter for the court and the prosecutor.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Labour have kept changing policies all over the place so have been difficult to predict.