Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deleted the tweet condemning pro-Palestine activists Youth Demand for a protest the group organised outside the private home of Labour leader Keir Starmer on Tuesday.
Sunak was quick to criticize the demonstration, stating on Twitter that “no MP should be harassed at their own home” and that “we cannot and will not tolerate this.”
Sunak has deleted the tweet late Tuesday. (Screengrab via X)
The group’s protest highlighted the number of children killed in the conflict by placing children’s shoes on the steps outside Starmer’s house before hanging a banner on his hedge.
However, late Tuesday afternoon Sunak deleted the tweet from his feed without explanation.
On Monday Youth Demand protested at the Labour Party HQ in London by spraying the building with red paint, seeking an arms embargo against Israel. The police arrested 12 of the demonstrators.
Labour called for a halt to arms exports to Israel if there is evidence that international law has been violated, although government legal advice about that has not been shared to ministers. Starmer, so far, has withheld support for an embargo pending a review of the guidance.
