He must feel so let down, even betrayed by the Israeli government.

He has been protecting them from calls for a ceasefire, insisting that there should be no more than a brief pause in the killing and then the Israelis go behind his back, settling with Hamas on a 4-day ceasefire and even talking of a possible 2-day extension.

Poor Starmer has also been embarrassed by the Tories. He thought they had a bipartisan agreement on no more than a “pause”. After all, Netanyahu has much still to do if the Palestinians are to be forced out of Gaza. He then finds that the new Foreign Secretary has been party to this ceasefire deal and has even had the audacity to warn Israel that civilian casualties in Gaza are too high, that even Palestinians have a right to live in peace, stability and security and expressed concern about settler violence in the West Bank.

It’s as if the Tories have been influenced by the weeks of demonstrations in London and throughout the country, demonstrations which Starmer has rigorously ignored (keeping shtum even when the mad witch of the West called the peace demonstrations hate-marches) and which Labour Party organisations and MPs were forbidden to support.

Starmer has been well and truly outflanked by David Cameron, who came up through that enormous empty gap on Starmer’s left and placed himself in front of the Labour Leader, on the side of justice for Palestinians and voicing hope that there might be a long-term peaceful settlement for Israel/Palestine.

But, you see, Cameron does not carry the heavy baggage of Starmer and his Shadow Front Bench.

As I have explained in earlier blogs, Starmer and his Shadow Cabinet are deeply in hock to the Israeli Embassy and wealthy Zionist businessmen.

That is not simply an anti-Semitic trope; it is the truth as evidenced by the Register of members’ Interests.

The Parliamentary Labour Party’s unwavering support for the policies of Netanyahu’s extreme rightwing government has been dearly bought.

On the Gaza war, Starmer has been wrong from the start. He has let down and embarrassed his Party and has ignored the will of the British people.

If he had a conscience and an ounce of decency, he would resign.