Before you get too excited it's disappointing that this type of obfuscating language is still used as a get out free card.
According to people familiar with a draft, it will say a Palestinian state should be recognised as "part of a peace process"
So basically never because a peace process won't ever happen the way it currently stands.
when Sir Keir was asked whether a government he leads would follow Spain, Ireland and Norway in recognising a Palestinian state, he said it had to be "at the right time in the [peace] process… what it does need is international backing and consensus about the right point".
He added: "That's only going to happen if we work with our partners on it."
No it's only going to happen if you show some leadership instead of lagging behind Ireland, Spain, and Norway. Do you want to recognise the state or not? Or do you want to only recognise it when it's beneficial to you and you've calculated that going into an election it's not beneficial to you?
Disappointing.
Spot on. They don't want to take risks in their first term. And with the economy not looking like they'd hoped after the budget they have less political capital to hedge on any bigger moves.I think even joining the EUCU would be too far.
Short of a massive schism in the political landscape where all Labour Brexitiers up and leave the party and all Tory Remainers up and leave their party with the two factions joining forces in some new party where the overall pro EU support has a majority I can't see anything happening for multiple terms. And that's not going to happen because politics is literally football in this country and it's all about the rivalry and very little else.
Set your sights on 2060 or beyond.