She labelled Burnham “an absolute disgrace” for his apology on Labour’s previous positioning on the conflict, in which he said his party should have called for a ceasefire to the conflict in Gaza sooner. Patel accused him of failing “to speak with any humanity” about the Israelis who suffered at the hand of Hamas, including hostage families. Speaking in an interview from her office on the parliamentary estate, she said: “Many of us in this place have spent hours with families and with victims. “And I just think it just shows how unfit this man will be to effectively defend...