It’s a purely performative piece of virtue-signalling that will have zero impact on the truly dire Israeli-Palestinian situation. It also demands not the slightest sacrifice from us (just fewer West Bank dates and avocados to scoff). But could well save Holborn/St Pancras for Labour. I see Ed Miliband praised by Hamas/Iran for it. And I am criticised by you. That’s a difference I’m delighted to give the widest currency.

A Burnham claimed yesterday that the 2016 vote for Brexit ushered in a decade of low growth. He’s right that there’s been low growth, though not just in Britain, which suggests Brexit is not quite the explanation he thinks it is. I think Brexiteers hard pressed to show that Brexit has been good for growth. But Remainers lack evidence it has crippled or undermined growth. In the decade from mid-2016 til mid-2026, the UK had the 3rd biggest growth in real GDP (13%) of the G7. Well behind the US (27%) and Canada (20%) but ahead of France (12%), Italy 10%, Germany 8%, and Japan (6%). I think we can all agree Japan made a big mistake leaving the EU.