However, the unimaginable sufferings of the Gaza population have now brought Starmer to his senses. Since entering No 10 Downing Street on July 5, he has shown fresh thinking over Gaza. He has not only broken with the approaches of his predecessor, Rishi Sunak, but also distanced the UK from the US. And it is not hard to see why.

Gaza hellscape: Starmer recalibrates UK foreign policy for global justice