The councillors said they ‘cannot remain in a party that is not doing enough while innocent people are being killed’.
Burnley’s council leader has left the Labour Party only days after urging Sir Keir Starmer to resign as leader over his stance on the Israel-Hamas war.Mr Anwar and 10 other councillors have, according to a statement, jointly decided to leave the party – describing their memberships as “untenable” given the leadership’s refusal to demand a ceasefire in the Middle East.
But Mr Anwar said the position was “nonsensical” and did not capture the strength of feeling in his Lancashire town, along with communities elsewhere in Britain, about the war. “I just don’t think the message is getting through in terms of how our communities, right across the board, are feeling about this.”how many more innocent civilians have to die before one is called? Over 3000 children killed already.
The violence was ignited by the Palestinian militant group’s bloody raids that killed 1,400 people and saw about 240 people taken hostage on October 7. A Labour spokesman, responding to the latest resignations, said: “Labour fully understands calls for a ceasefire.
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