Keir Starmer has rejected claims he has watered down promises to introduce a law giving MPs a vote before military intervention and to stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia.
Starmer has backed the RAF strikes in Yemen with the US, which were authorised by Rishi Sunak without giving parliamentarians a say, but he insisted on Sunday there was “no inconsistency” between the two positions.
Rejecting suggestions his move could anger the party’s leftwing, Starmer added: “No Labour activist has ever said to me ‘if urgent action is needed we should stop that in order for parliament to be convened’.”
Before becoming Labour leader in 2020, Starmer said the UK “should stop the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia” over concerns about their use in Yemen’s civil war.
According to parliamentary records, Starmer used the Qatari-provided jet to travel between the Cop28 climate conference and Doha, where he met the Emir of Qatar with three members of staff.
Starmer was also questioned for accepting the free flight to Qatar when he said previously he would not watch England in the World Cup there because of concerns about the Gulf state’s human rights record.
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Keir Starmer has rejected claims he has watered down promises to introduce a law giving MPs a vote before military intervention and to stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia.
Starmer has backed the RAF strikes in Yemen with the US, which were authorised by Rishi Sunak without giving parliamentarians a say, but he insisted on Sunday there was “no inconsistency” between the two positions.
Rejecting suggestions his move could anger the party’s leftwing, Starmer added: “No Labour activist has ever said to me ‘if urgent action is needed we should stop that in order for parliament to be convened’.”
Before becoming Labour leader in 2020, Starmer said the UK “should stop the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia” over concerns about their use in Yemen’s civil war.
According to parliamentary records, Starmer used the Qatari-provided jet to travel between the Cop28 climate conference and Doha, where he met the Emir of Qatar with three members of staff.
Starmer was also questioned for accepting the free flight to Qatar when he said previously he would not watch England in the World Cup there because of concerns about the Gulf state’s human rights record.
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