For the many? While others quit the party in disgust at Keir Starmer’s leadership, some Labour officers are simply quitting their roles but working to change the party from within.

Officers from Edinburgh Northern and Leith Constituency Labour Party have become the latest to resign – their posts, not their membership – over Keir Starmer’s support for Israeli war crimes.

You can read the full statement below but I’ve clipped out a few of the more pertinent paragraphs.

On Israel/Gaza, the resigning officers say: “Tonight [at the CLP’s October 19 meeting], we are forbidden from discussing Israel/Palestine. We are told that LP banners cannot be displayed at solidarity ralles. Our MPs are instructed not to attend, just as they were told to stay away from picket lines. This is untenable.

“Many colleagues have left, demoralised and dispirited. Only this week, in response to our front bench’s support for the collective punishment of Gazan civilians, many more, including elected representatives, have resigned their membership.”

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But the statement also attacks Keir Starmer’s behaviour on a wider range of subjects:

“During the leadership election, Keir misled us as to what type of leader he promised to be.

“We are retreating on commitments weekly, most recently on social care reform, Lords abolition, and again on green infrastructure spending.”

Here’s a copy of the full statement:

It seems Labour has more problems than the loss of its Muslim support base. Are we starting to see a cascade effect?

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