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Labour officials at the weekend told the Guardian that in opposition Labour had rejected the Conservative legal challenge to the ICC jurisdiction and its policy remained unchanged in government, but did not say if the claim was being withdrawn as a result.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

starmer strikes me as a uk version of biden; people assume he's progressive because of the party he leads, but he's held his cards close to his chest instead of relying of surrogates to paint him as progressive despite a past history of THOROUGHLY conservative bona fides like biden.

i bet starmer wiill either cave or already believes in isreal's freedom to genocide no matter what.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I think globally a lot of parties moved to the right. Plus don't underestimate the Israeli lobby in British politics. https://www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby-funded-a-third-of-conservative-mps/ and https://www.declassifieduk.org/labour-mps-have-accepted-over-280000-from-israel-lobby/

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Here's an idea: if the US wants a say in the ICC, maybe they should sign the Rome Statute.