PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak was unable to give an answer to the SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn in relation to the killing of a civilian under a white flag in Gaza. Most of us could have answered the question in the affirmative: yes, it was a war crime. If he wanted to be cautious but still give a decent answer, Mr Sunak could have added the word “probably” to that reply; he would have come across as somewhat sleekit but it would have allowed him to continue to appease Israel and the USA at the same time.
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Meanwhile, Keir Starmer appears to have spent more effort on rebuking his party member Tahir Ali than on offering any opposition to the Tory government. In the Commons Mr Ali rightly identified Israeli war crimes and called out the complicity of Mr Sunak, who he said “has the blood of thousands of innocent people on his hands”.
Surely a caring and compassionate Scotland deserves better foreign policy than that devised by any of the three London-based parties. It is time we stepped out of the shadow of the British Empire so that we can make our own mark on the world stage, applying our own model of social justice to our international affairs.
Ni Holmes
St Andrews
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