Jeremy Corbyn's Daring Plan to Expose Starmer's Israel Support!

Right, so Keir Starmer is in an almighty pile of bother now as Jeremy Corbyn’s Gaza (Independent Public Inquiry) Bill has passed its first reading without division, in other words no opposition to it, so it got waved through without necessitating a vote, a good start, but a long way to go still. Yet for as much work as there is for Corbyn to win over the majority of the Commons and get an inquiry going into UK complicity in Israel’s genocide of Gaza, Starmer is in a far worse position, because now parliamentary time must be given over to debating this at second reading, meaning Starmer has left himself wide open. Or has he? Starmer’s tenure has been marked by dishonesty and it is in this light that Corbyn, despite winning the day, has written to him for assurances he won’t interfere, that he won’t stall it, block it, bury it beneath a pile of other private members legislation and calling for second reading to happen on the 4th July, won’t be missed either – US Independence Day as that is – Starmer is left with a choice: Back Corbyn’s call, an inquiry will likely take years after all, he could recognise Palestine on that day which would be apt, he’s apparently mulling this over with France right now, an academic measure in and of itself as that is, but there’s every reason for him to fear the eventual outcome too, having gone from saying Israel has the right to cut off food and electricity on camera, advocating for war crimes as he did, to now calling the situation intolerable, repeatedly his go to word, to avoid calling it what it actually is – a genocide – because he does, he damns himself. Corbyn has got him on the ropes and he didn’t even put up a fight, which he may well now come to regret especially when you consider Corbyn’s forceful speech, versus Starmer’s lousy ongoing excuses.
Right, so that was the 10 minute speech by Jeremy Corbyn, he
stepped into the House of Commons and delivered a searing and principled ten-minute speech, a description I hope you would agree with, that cut through Starmerroid political doublespeak, incessantly covering for the UK's role in Israel's genocide of Gaza. Corbyn's introduction of his Gaza (Independent Public Inquiry) Bill marked a critical juncture for British politics, one that has already forced an overdue national reckoning on the moral and legal implications of the UK government's complicity, both Starmer’s and the Tories before, in what credible politicians only have the spine to actually call a genocide.
Corbyn’s speech was a powerful condemnation of both Israel's conduct since October 7, 2023, and the British government’s ongoing support for it. Corbyn accused Israel of unleashing a disproportionate, sustained military assault on Gaza in response to the Hamas incursion, reducing the besieged strip to "absolute desolation." In unflinching language, Corbyn demanded a full and independent investigation into the UK’s role in this carnage: arms sales, surveillance assistance, the diplomatic shielding of Israel from accountability.
And what made Corbyn's bill even more compelling was its parliamentary success. Passed at its first reading with a simple "aye"—no vote needed—it now compels a full debate. The second reading is scheduled, perhaps not coincidentally, for July 4, which is Independence Day in the US. The symbolism should be obvious: a call for British accountability and sovereignty in foreign policy, free from alignment with the United States and Israel’s war aims, to be continued on the day the US broke free from the UK. Lets have a debate on Gazan misery being enabled by UK support for Israel, ending on that day too.
And yet, while Corbyn stands on the side of justice, Keir Starmer, as that bit of footage showed, remains entangled in political cowardice and moral equivocation all of his own making, licking his lips and gulping as the matter of genocide is put to him yet again and yet again he refuses to say the word. His refusal to call Israel’s actions a genocide—and instead hiding behind the word “intolerable”—reveals more than hesitance. It exposes a deliberate strategy to avoid the legal and political consequences for his unflinching support of Israel, that as a former human rights lawyer, he knows he’s damned by. In doing so, Starmer continues to align the Labour Party and as a result this country with state-sanctioned violence and ignored both the public's conscience and international law.
The UK government has consistently enabled Israel’s war on Gaza through arms sales and military cooperation. British-made components are present in Israel's F-35 fighter jets, and after a suspension of arms licenses in September of last year, the Starmer government carried on approving more of them, more weapons sales in the following four months than the Tories had in their last four years in government. The UK has never been more complicit than it is under Starmer. RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, as Corbyn mentioned, a British airbase, continues to be used for surveillance flights aiding Israeli military operations, it’s never stopped. That is not passive complicity—it is active participation and that is why Starmer won’t call it a genocide, because he’d be admitting his complicity in it.
Also, despite mounting evidence of those war crimes and the genocidal conduct by the Israeli military, Starmer has refused to confront the legal consequences of these ties. To label Israel’s actions as genocide, as he well understands, would not only case international legal eyes on his governance, but it would also obligate the UK under the Genocide Convention to act and as a Zionist without equivocation, his words, it’s the last thing he wants to do, even if it is the right thing to do. Instead, he clings to platitudes about “intolerable” suffering, a word so vague and sanitized that it effectively serves to dull public outrage, to match Starmer’s own inherent dullness.
Jeremy Corbyn’s bill, by contrast, aligns with the will of the British people. A recent poll by Opinium revealed that a majority of Britons want a full arms embargo on Israel and support its expulsion from the United Nations. The poll was conducted on behalf of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and it found that:
• 57% of people want a full UK arms embargo on Israel, with only 13% opposed
• 53% of people think Israel should be expelled from the United Nations
• half of respondents said Israeli products in supermarkets should be boycotted
• 54% backed the imposition of sanctions on Israel’s self-described fascist finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, a supporter of Israel’s starvation blockade of Gaza who agreed to stay in the Netanyahu cabinet in return for ‘extensive’ attacks on the occupied West Bank.
Another survey shows Labour support plummeting giving Starmer an even bigger, but entirely self-inflicted headache. A YouGov/Eurotrack poll of public approval or disapproval, found that only 12% of respondents approve of the Labour government’s policies and performance, while a massive 67% – more than two thirds of voters – disapprove:—less than a year into power—drivenat least in part, Starmer is unpopular for a whole raft of policy reasons after all, but at least in part by Starmer's unwavering support for Israel.
And yet, when Corbyn stood in Parliament to deliver a speech on this issue of life and death for so many Palestinian people, most Labour MPs didn’t even bother to show up. The Commons was sparsely attended. There was no vote. Most abstained in effect therefore—not out of neutrality, but fear of crossing the party line. The silence in that chamber was deafening. It showed that despite the massive "red line" protest that was happening outside—where thousands of demonstrators demanded an end to UK complicity—inside Parliament, most Labour MPs clearly had no red line.
Ten Labour MPs did formally back Corbyn’s bill, exposing the widening rift within the party, these being Diane Abbott, Brian Leishman, Richard Burgon, Steve Witherden, Kim Johnson, Nadia Whittome, Ian Byrne, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Jon Trickett, and Neil-Duncan Jordan. In total, 40 MPs from across the political spectrum co-sponsored the legislation, from the Greens, Independent Alliance, SNP, Plaid Cymru and more, though despite all the pro Palestine sentiment currently coming from some Tories, none of them did, I can’t imagine why, not weaponising the issue for personal gain surely? Who could possibly, think such a thing(!) Cross-party support has turned what might have been dismissed as a lone act of defiance into a much more significant parliamentary challenge and a grater show of public representation. Corbyn has vowed to write to Starmer demanding the government not block the second reading, reminding him that this issue will not be buried and evidently not putting it past him to try either.
Corbyn’s bill rightly forces Parliament and the public to confront what has been unfolding in Gaza since October 7. More than 54,000 Palestinians have been killed, the majority of them women and children. Entire neighbourhoods have been erased. Hospitals have been bombed. Famine is spreading. This is not just an "intolerable" situation—it is a systematic, deliberate destruction of a people. It is genocide.
Legal scholars, international human rights organizations, and United Nations officials have all warned of the genocidal character of Israel’s campaign in Gaza. The International Court of Justice, in response to South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, has issued provisional measures indicating that genocide is plausibly occurring. Still, Starmer and the British government resist the use of that word, they know better it seems, but knowing full well what it would demand of them which is much more the issue in my mind.
The Gaza Inquiry Bill is not unprecedented. It follows in the historical shadow of the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, something Corbyn cited in his speech, which found systemic failings in the UK government’s decision-making processes, particularly in its blind alignment with the United States. Despite Chilcot, An empty cell remains in the Hague because Tony Blair of course remains a free man and an worse, still exerting influence in British politics when his all too common rare interventions are as unwelcome as ever. That legacy haunts today’s crisis. Starmer appears determined to repeat it, perhaps because Blair got away with what he did, but-and this is not in any way intended to play down what happened- where Iraq has had a chance to rebuild and recover, the situation in Gaza is so much worse, because Israel will only stop with Gaza’s erasure.
Just as with Iraq, the UK risks being remembered for being on the wrong side of history. But Corbyn’s bill offers a path forward—not of vengeance, but of truth, accountability, and justice. A genuine inquiry into UK complicity could expose not just the arms deals and military cooperation, but the rot at the heart of British foreign policy too much being dictated by the US with everything that comes with.
The introduction of the Gaza Inquiry Bill needs to be a watershed moment. It signals that even in the face of overwhelming state power and media silence, there are still those in British politics willing to speak truth to power and we must get behind them to see parliament deliver the will of the people on this. Corbyn’s speech wasmeasured, factual, and resolutely moral. It was the kind of leadership that is rare in Westminster and serves once again as a reminder of what could have been if not for the establishment attack on the man who would have brought real change to the UK and not pretended they stood for it, whilst continuing US foreign policy and Tory austerity.
The red line protest outside Parliament in support of Corbyn was a start. But now, citizens must sustain pressure: on MPs, on political parties and on the mainstream media. Demand that the government support Corbyn’s bill. Demand that Parliament name a genocide a genocide when it sees it. Demand that arms sales to Israel -all of them- end now.
If this bill is debated and ultimately passed, it could be the first real step toward accountability. If blocked or ignored, it will be a damning indictment of the moral failure of Britain’s political class and it’ll be all on Starmer.
Keir Starmer has a choice. He can finally stand with international law, with the victims of a genocidal war, and with the conscience of the British people. Or he can continue to equivocate and shield the Israeli government from consequences, calling it intolerable whilst ensuring his legacy will be one of complicity and cowardice.
The question now is not whether the suffering in Gaza is intolerable. It is whether our tolerance for hypocrisy, evasion, and injustice in British politics has finally run out and what will we do about it?
Of course the chances of Starmer listening are slim, because another key part of his government’s unpopularity right now, and again making the prospect of changing his ways with regards to Israel are equally so, is his sudden increase in defence spending, going down like a lead balloon as he maintains we need to be war ready, when as life becomes harder and harder more and more are questioning what exactly would we be fighting for to defend? Get all the details of that story in this video recommendation here as your suggested next watch.
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