Shadow Technology Secretary Peter Kyle insists the "vigorous debate" within the Labour Party over its policy in the Middle East has been "harnessed" by leader Sir Keir Starmer to create "deliverable policies going forward". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 We as a Labour Party are united in our desire to end this war, to make sure we get back
00:04 to a diplomatic solution that creates a two-state, two safe and secure states into the long term.
00:10 If you work back from that, it is clear that we need to start moving now. We can move forward
00:15 with practical, deliverable steps with a humanitarian pause.
00:19 Keir Starmer has been listening to people across the Labour Party. It is a strength
00:24 of the Labour Party that we have people with lived experiences and connections to both
00:28 sides of this conflict. Keir has harnessed that to come up with policies that will make
00:32 a tangible, immediate impact on the ground and he will continue to listen as we go forward.
00:38 This is a situation that is dividing the world. It is a war in the Middle East. Nobody wants
00:45 to see that. We in our country, here in the United Kingdom, have many people who have
00:49 lived connections to both sides of this war and yes, it is a strength of the Labour Party,
00:54 we have both of those inside our party today. We are listening and learning to both of those
00:59 and we have come up with a set of policy solutions led by Keir Starmer so that we can have a
01:05 practical impact on the ground. Let's not pretend that something so controversial, something
01:11 so difficult and challenging, something which threatens people's existential view of the
01:15 world as individuals can happen without there being vigorous debate and differences of opinion.
01:21 Keir Starmer has harnessed that, listened to it and turned it into deliverable policies
01:26 and he will continue to do so going forward.