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With Labour 's David Lammy having backed the International Criminal Court's plan to seek an arrest warrant for the prime minister of Israel and Hamas leaders, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron spotted an opportunity.
It was question time at the House of Lords. The day nurse had been round and plumped the old fools' cushions. A janitor turned down the volume on the Vera Lynn songs. Someone nudged the Lord Speaker to rouse him from his gummy reverie and Admiral Lord West , flying a pair of pale blue socks, came chugging into port and docked on the bench nearest the Woolsack, mumbling 'avast heaving!' and 'toss oars!' to himself. Every day is a sailing day for good old Westy.
Normally Cameron is gentle with them, a polite young doctor patting liver-spotted hands and asking them if they remember the name of the Prime Minister. Not this time. He bit them. Quite a few times. Lord Purvis, a not-unpriggish Lib Dem, mentioned an earlier conflict between Israel and Hamas when Lord Cameron was more critical of Israel. 'There is a bit of a difference between 2014 and now . . .' began Cameron in response. At this he was interrupted by a squawk of 'Why?' from Labour.
Lord Collins, for Labour, invited Dave to be more outspoken about Israel. Collins is not the most scintillating of performers. Lord Cameron did not flare at him in person, not considering that a parity-of-esteem bout. But he did reapply his spectacles and give a long answer about the Labour Party's support for the international court's stunt.
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