But whatever he’s planning, it won’t be enough to solve Labour’s Gaza problem. So what will Burnham do now to throw some red meat to former (or current) Labour supporters who are furious about Gaza? That’s only the start of Labour’s Gaza troubles – and not because of the Muslim vote. Streeting refused to say whether we should stop buying from Israeli defence companies: ‘Those are not my decisions alone.’ The defence secretary who advised that this should continue was John Healey, who said that to do otherwise would ‘undermine US confidence in the UK’.