Their politics is too simple. Which is handy because a lot of voters think politics is about binary choices. Our shock at what we see in Gaza leads us to reactions of ceasefire and whilst that may save thousands of lives today the reality is it will only result in thousands dying in the coming years. I don’t suppose for one minute Starmer is immune to the human suffering and probably has the same natural instincts as most of us on here but what decisions does he make, do any of us make, if the choice is losing 10 thousand lives today that saves 2 lives a day forevermore*.
*Not saying that’s the choice on offer in Gaza as I don’t see Israel removing Hamas and then everything becomes eternal peaceful but can see why the hope is for something to change from the pst 70 years of flair ups then just your everyday low level daily killings.