As image after disturbing image of skeletal bodies emerged from Gaza , it seemed a tipping point was reached in Westminster this week.

Sir Keir Starmer had been under mounting pressure – from backbench MPs and senior Cabinet ministers – to signal clear support for the Palestinian people and condemn the Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank.

On Sunday, it emerged the Prime Minister would be recalling his most senior ministers from their summer breaks to meet, and sign off on, an urgent plan to recognise the state of Palestine.

His declaration on Tuesday, with its call for Israel “to end the appalling situation in Gaza”, had, a Cabinet minister told The i Paper, been “coming for some time”. But Starmer had to wait for all the international puzzle pieces to fall into place befo

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