An ex-Labour MP who quit the party over comments made by Sir Keir Starmer about the Israel-Gaza conflict has accused him of condoning war crimes.
Speaking on LBC Radio, Sir Keir was asked whether Israel was right to respond to the attacks by Hamas with a siege of Gaza, cutting off water and power.
But not before nine Labour councillors on Walsall Council wrote an open letter, calling on him to “do the honourable thing by apologising and retracting his comments”.
Ms Jones, who represented Selly Oak until 2010 and was formerly the chair of the Socialist Campaign Group, told the BBC’s Politics Midlands programme: "He was condoning war crimes on the part of the Israeli government.
Speaking on the same programme, Khalid Mahmood, Labour MP for Perry Barr, in Birmingham, said Sir Keir had made “very clear” what he meant by the comments over the past few days.
Speaking on the programme, Harriett Baldwin, Conservative MP for West Worcestershire, said: "There are a lot of very strong views on all sorts of different things.
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An ex-Labour MP who quit the party over comments made by Sir Keir Starmer about the Israel-Gaza conflict has accused him of condoning war crimes.
Speaking on LBC Radio, Sir Keir was asked whether Israel was right to respond to the attacks by Hamas with a siege of Gaza, cutting off water and power.
But not before nine Labour councillors on Walsall Council wrote an open letter, calling on him to “do the honourable thing by apologising and retracting his comments”.
Ms Jones, who represented Selly Oak until 2010 and was formerly the chair of the Socialist Campaign Group, told the BBC’s Politics Midlands programme: "He was condoning war crimes on the part of the Israeli government.
Speaking on the same programme, Khalid Mahmood, Labour MP for Perry Barr, in Birmingham, said Sir Keir had made “very clear” what he meant by the comments over the past few days.
Speaking on the programme, Harriett Baldwin, Conservative MP for West Worcestershire, said: "There are a lot of very strong views on all sorts of different things.
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