Keir Starmer faces pushback after announcing UK will recognise state of Palestine unless Gaza crisis ends – UK politics live

Benjamin Netanyahu says announcement rewards ‘Hamas’s monstrous terrorism’ as Starmer says UK could recognise statehood in September

Good morning. I’m Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Joe Coughlan.

Mostly today I will be covering more reaction to yesterday’s news about the UK recognising the state of Palestine (the all-but-certain outcome of Keir Starmer’s announcement yesterday, given the Israeli reaction to the conditions he has set.)

I think the point that Peter was making is that predators today, sexual predators today, operate online. And if social media had been around in the same way as it is today, when Jimmy Savile was committing those crimes against young children, then it’s inconceivable that Jimmy Savile wouldn’t have been in the online space as well.

It is a fact that Nigel Farage and the Reform Party have said that they would repeal the Online Safety Act in its entirety, when of course some of the most significant provisions of that legislation is to protect children from predators, from seeing pornographic material on their phones and on their computers. And so Nigel Farage doesn’t like the truth of the matter when my colleague explains to him the importance of the Online Safety Act and why he is so wrong to be wanting to repeal it.

I know that the home secretary Yvette Cooper will make sure that we get to the bottom of these allegations and any steps that need to be taken to make sure that a thorough, robust investigation happens.

I know that my colleagues in the Home Office will make sure that no stone is left unturned to get to the bottom of these allegations. And these issues are constantly kept under review. Continue reading...