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'Symbolic' UK sanctions on Israel aim to avoid Washington's wrath
Tom Blackburn9/15/2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in Downing Street promising to deliver change - and a break with the political and economic settlement that has prevailed in Britain since the late 1970s. That necessarily implied an indictment of his predecessor, Keir Starmer. Starmer himself came to power promising change, failed to deliver it, and ultimately paid with his political career .
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