Keir Starmer with London mayor Sadiq Khan. Photograph by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images. Pressure is intensifying on Keir Starmer over his response to the Israel-Gaza conflict after Andy Burnham, Sadiq Khan and Anas Sarwar became the latest senior Labour politicians to publicly call for a ceasefire. The opposition leader is grappling with growing discontent among the party, with around a quarter of MPs backing an immediate ceasefire and dozens of councillors resigning from Labour. On Wednesday (25 October), Starmer called for “humanitarian pauses” to allow aid into Gaza but maintained that Israel has a right to defend itself following the...