Stop the War has condemned the overnight bombing of Yemen by the British government. Keir Starmer is seeking to drag us into yet another war without justification or parliamentary consent and with zero recognition of the reason why the Houthis are blockading the Red Sea – to help support the Palestinians who are facing Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which is being armed by the UK government.
Lindsey German, Stop the War Coalition convenor, said:
“It is not Yemen and the Houthis who are causing the regional instability and risking economic security for families in the UK.
“It’s the British government arming Israel’s genocide in Gaza that’s bringing us ever closer to war in the Middle East, and the slashing of benefits to fund massive increases in defence spending that is pushing families and the most vulnerable further into poverty at home.
“Let’s not forget that Starmer pledged before he was elected that parliamentary consent would always be sought before taking military action. Yet now we have the disgrace of a ‘Labour’ government that is simultaneously supporting a genocide in Palestine, bombing Yemen, imprisoning climate protestors, cracking down on the right to protest and imposing still more austerity on its own citizens to pay for yet more endless wars, all without absolutely any mandate from the British people.”