This is John Batcher, conversation with colleague Joseph Sternberg.

He's in London.

The Wall Street Journal editorial page writes political economics.

Commenting on the Labor Party now dominant in the House of Commons, led by a Sir Kierst-Armer.

The question is, why does Labor decide that it is now necessary to, in some fashion, slight slight Israel to hold back of some arms. What is it

that labor is trying to accomplish here having been troubled these last years by the allegation of anti-Semitism and

labor and now is Joseph Sternberg to explain what we can about Labor's surprising turn.

Once in power and then, more of this later tonight.

I think this whole episode can best be described as a disgrace for

Gerstormer and David Padlami, the Foreign Secretary, and the labor

leadership in general role. I mean to pull a stunt like this in the immediate aftermath of the Hamas murderer of those six

hostages, one of whom was a citizen of the United States, one of the Britain's closest

allies. What were they thinking? States with Britain's closest allies?

I mean, what were they thinking?

And the best I can figure is that they are still worried

about internal party unity.

I mean, you mentioned Jeremy Corbyn, we can't forget that although he has been kicked out of the

Labor Party, he is still sitting in Parliament having been elected as an independent.

And on the eve of this quasi sort of almost maybe but not quite

Arkansas and Barco that Labor announced Corbin had formed his own caucus of other

independence which is basically a pro-Gaza, anti-Israel

caucus within the parliament. There are only four or five of them. But clearly, Starmer and Lammy are afraid of their own shadow on this issue, and they're

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